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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

JOHNNY WAYNE ROGERS,

Plaintiff,

v.

BUTTE COUNTY JAIL,

Defendant.

No. 2:16-cv-1914 CKD P

ORDER

Plaintiff, a Butte County Jail prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed documents suggesting 

he intends to initiate a civil action in this court. However, the documents are submitted on forms 

meant for California Superior Court use. Good cause appearing, the court will send plaintiff the 

forms necessary for initiating a civil action in federal court. If plaintiff wishes to initiate a federal 

action, he must fill out the forms completely and return them within 30 days. Alternatively, if 

plaintiff did not intend to initiate a federal action, and if plaintiff would like the court to return his 

Superior Court documents to him, he should so inform the court within 30 days.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff is granted thirty days from the date of service of this order to file a complaint 

that complies with the requirements of the Civil Rights Act, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 

and the Local Rules of Practice. The complaint must bear the docket number assigned this case. 

Plaintiff shall also submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, the application to 

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proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided by the Clerk of Court, or the filing fee in the 

amount of $400.00. Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will result in dismissal.

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff the court’s form for filing a civil 

rights action, and the application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner.

4. If plaintiff did not intend to initiate an action in this court, and if plaintiff would like 

the court to return the documents already submitted by him, he should so inform the court within 

30 days.

Dated: August 17, 2016

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roge1914.wf

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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