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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DR. ST. MICHAEL BALZARINI,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOE A. LIZARAGA, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-2001 DAD P

ORDER 

Plaintiff Dr. St. Michael Balzarini, also known as St. Michael Balzarini and Michael 

Balzarini, is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel with a civil rights complaint filed 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction for all 

purposes pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), and Local Rule 305(a). (See ECF No. 6.)

By an order filed June 12, 2015, plaintiff was ordered to file an in forma pauperis affidavit 

within thirty days and was cautioned that his failure to do so would result in the dismissal of this 

action be dismissed. Nearly sixty days have now expired. Although plaintiff has since filed a 

motion for leave to file an amended complaint (ECF No. 12), plaintiff has not filed an in forma 

pauperis affidavit as ordered. 

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Based on plaintiff’s previously filed consent to magistrate judge jurisdiction over this 

action (ECF No. 4) and plaintiff’s failure to file an in forma pauperis affidavit as ordered, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that this action be dismissed without prejudice.1

Dated: August 10, 2015

DAD:10

balz2001.fifp

 

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The court notes that because plaintiff had sought a preliminary injunction requiring defendants 

to provide him both pain medication and treatment of his Hepatitis C condition, the court sent 

copies of plaintiff’s request to the Receiver for California Correctional Health Care Services and 

requested that the Receiver provide the court with a status report as to plaintiff’s medical 

condition and treatment. (ECF No. 10.) On June 23, 2015, the Receiver submitted that status 

report which provided a thorough explanation of the appropriate medical care plaintiff is 

receiving.

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