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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Monty Dukepoo, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Officer Prewitt, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 10-1216-PHX-RCB (MHB)

ORDER

On June 7, 2010, Plaintiff Monty Dukepoo, who is confined in the Arizona State

Prison Complex-Eyman in Florence, Arizona, filed a pro se civil rights Complaint pursuant

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. In a June 15, 2010

Order, the Court denied without prejudice Plaintiff’s deficient Application to Proceed and

gave Plaintiff 30 days to pay the fee or file a complete Application to Proceed In Forma

Pauperis.

On July 13, 2010, Plaintiff filed a Letter seeking an extension of time to pay his filing

fee. On July 14, 2010, Plaintiff filed a second Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis.

In a July 26, 2010 Order, the Court granted Plaintiff’s Letter seeking an extension of time to

pay the filing fee. On July 29, 2010, Plaintiff paid a partial filing fee of $348.37.

In an August 16, 2010 Order, the Court directed the Clerk of Court to accept the July

29, 2010 partial filing fee of $348.37, did not assess an additional initial partial filing fee, and

stated that the remainder of the statutory fee—$1.67—would be collected monthly in

payments of 20% of the previous month’s income each time the amount in the account

exceeds $10.00. The Court dismissed Plaintiff’s Complaint because his claims were barred

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by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). The Clerk of Court entered Judgment on

August 16, 2010.

On August 19, 2010, Plaintiff filed a “Notice” (Doc. 11), demanding his money back

“NOW.” He threatened to sue the Court for “forgery and theft” and also threatened that

“you’ll hear from me in person when I’m released from D.O.C. w[]ith a street lawyer on how

I was wrongfully done by your Court rules and law with prejudice.”

The Court understands Plaintiff’s frustration in having paid the filing fee in this case

only to have his case dismissed. However, Plaintiff made the decision to file a lawsuit, and

the Court dismissed the lawsuit because Plaintiff’s claims were barred under a wellestablished, sixteen-year-old Supreme Court decision. 

The Court is unable to return Plaintiff’s partial filing fee and the Arizona Department

of Corrections will continue to collect and forward to the Clerk of Court the remainder of the

filing fee. Congress set the filing fee and did not give the Court the authority to waive,

return, or reduce it. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) (“[I]f a prisoner brings a civil action or files

an appeal in forma pauperis, the prisoner shall be required to pay the full amount of a filing

fee.”). 

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Notice (Doc. 11) demanding the return of his filing

fee is denied. This case must remain closed.

DATED this 31st day of August, 2010.

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