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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

Jesus Ortiz Mendez, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

U.S. Marshalls, 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 07-0926-PHX-SMM (LOA)

ORDER

Plaintiff Jesus Ortiz Mendez, who is confined in the Central Arizona Detention Center

in Florence, Arizona, filed a pro se civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Plaintiff did not pay the $350.00 filing fee. By Order dated May 15, 2007, the Court denied

Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis because Plaintiff did not use the courtapproved form; the Court gave Plaintiff 30 days to either pay the filing fee or file a

completed Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. Plaintiff filed a second Application

to Proceed, but it, too, was deficient. By Order dated June 7, 2007, the Court gave Plaintiff

a final opportunity to pay the fee or file a completed Application to Proceed In Forma

Pauperis.

Plaintiff filed a third Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Doc. #8). It too is

deficient. Because Plaintiff has had three opportunities to file a completed Application to

Proceed In Forma Pauperis and was warned that this opportunity was his final opportunity,

the Court will deny the third Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and direct the Clerk

of Court to enter a judgment of dismissal without prejudice of this case.

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I. Payment of Filing Fee

When bringing an action, a prisoner must either pay the $350.00 filing fee in a lump

sum or, if granted the privilege of proceeding in forma pauperis, pay the fee incrementally

as set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). 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). An inmate must

submit statements from each institution where he was confined during the six-month period.

Id. To assist prisoners in meeting these requirements, the Court requires use of a form

application. LRCiv 3.4(a).

II. Third Application Fails to Comply With Statute

Plaintiff has used the court-approved application, but he has not submitted a certified

six-month trust account statement. Plaintiff submitted the “Certification of Correctional

Official,” however he has failed to provide the Court with the trust account statement itself.

This is the identical deficiency as was in Plaintiff’s second Application to Proceed.

Because Plaintiff has been given three opportunities to submit a completed

Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and has not done so, the Court will direct the

Clerk of Court to dismiss this case. 

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s third Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis

(Doc. #8) is DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this action is DISMISSED and the Clerk of Court

shall enter a judgment of dismissal without prejudice. 

DATED this 9th day of August, 2007.

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