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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Mark Mitchell, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

State of Arizona, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 06-2273-PHX-SMM (DKD)

ORDER

Plaintiff Mark Mitchell, confined in Maricopa County Lower Buckeye Jail, has filed

a pro se civil rights Complaint. Plaintiff also filed an Application to Proceed In Forma

Pauperis using an outdated form that stated that the current filing fee is $250.00, and he did

not submit a certified six-month trust account statement. The Court will deny the Application

to Proceed In Forma Pauperis with leave to file a new, completed Application.

Effective April 9, 2006, the filing fee for a civil rights action increased to $350.00.

See 28 U.S.C. § 1914, amended by, Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-171, 120

Stat. 4 (Feb. 8, 2006). The local rules of this Court require Plaintiff to use the current, courtapproved form. See LRCiv 3.4(a). In addition, an Application to Proceed In Forma

Pauperis requires an affidavit of indigence and a certified copy of the inmate’s trust account

statement for the six months preceding the filing of the Complaint. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2).

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An inmate must submit statements from each institution where he was confined during the

six-month period. Id. 

Accordingly, the Court will deny without prejudice Plaintiff’s outdated and

incomplete Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. Plaintiff will have 30 days to file a

new Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis or pay the $350.00 filing fee. Plaintiff’s new

Application must use the current, court-approved form. He must fill out the form completely,

including the sections designated as “Consent to Collection of Fees From Trust Account” and

“Certificate of Correctional Official as to Status of Applicant’s Trust Account.” Plaintiff

must also submit his certified six-month trust account statement. To assist Plaintiff, the

Court will direct the Clerk of Court to send Plaintiff a current, court-approved Application

to Proceed In Forma Pauperis form. 

If Plaintiff fails to timely comply with every provision of this Order, or any order

entered in this matter, the Court may dismiss this action pursuant to Rule 41(b) of the Federal

Rules of Civil Procedure. See Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992)

(a district court may dismiss an action for failure to comply with any order of the Court).

IT IS ORDERED: 

(1) Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, filed with the Complaint,

is denied without prejudice.

(2) Within 30 days from the filing date of this Order, Plaintiff must pay the $350.00

filing fee or file a new Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis.

(3) The Clerk of Court must enter a judgment of dismissal of this action, without

prejudice and without further notice, if Plaintiff fails to either pay the $350.00 filing fee or

to file a new Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis within 30 days of the date this Order

is filed.

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(3) The Clerk of Court must provide to Plaintiff the current instructions and form for

an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner Civil (Non-Habeas).

DATED this 5th day of October, 2006.

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