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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 

JAMES ANTHONY SMITH, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SISKIYOU COUNTY JAIL, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:15-cv-2618 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a county inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983 together with a request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff has not, however, filed a certified copy of his prison trust account 

statement for the six month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint. See 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Additionally, the certificate filled out by authorized personnel at the jail has 

been modified to state that it covers only the past three months. ECF No. 2 at 2. The certificate 

must cover the past six months. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Plaintiff will be provided the 

opportunity to submit a certified copy of his prison trust account statement and a properly 

completed certificate. 

 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff a new Application to Proceed In 

Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner; and 

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2. Plaintiff shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, a properly 

completed application to proceed in forma pauperis that includes a certified copy of his prison 

trust account statement for the six month period immediately preceding the filing of the 

complaint. Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this 

action be dismissed without prejudice. 

DATED: January 6, 2016 

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