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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 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KIFA MOHAMED, 

Plaintiff,

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P. CARRIER, et al, 

Defendants.

 

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No. C 05-3430 JSW (PR)

ORDER DIRECTING

PLAINTIFF TO FILE

COMPLETE IN FORMA

PAUPERIS APPLICATION

On August 24, 2005, Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed a pro se civil rights complaint

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. On

that same day, the Court sent a notification to Plaintiff that his application for leave to

proceed in forma pauperis was insufficient because he did not submit either a Certificate

of Funds in Prisoner’s Account completed and signed by an authorized officer at the

prison, or a copy of his prisoner trust account statement showing transactions for the last

six months (docket no. 3). The Court’s notice warned Plaintiff that the case would be

dismissed if Plaintiff failed to file the required documents within thirty days.

On September 14, 2005, the Court received a Certificate of Funds form listing the

above-referenced case number, but indicating no name, no amount of average deposits or

average balance in Plaintiff’s account for the most recent six-month period, and no

signature of an authorized officer.

Even if Plaintiff is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis, he must still pay

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the full amount of the Court's filing fee, but the fee will be paid in several installments. 

He must pay an initial partial filing fee of 20 percent of the greater of (a) the average

monthly deposits to his account for the 6-month period immediately before the complaint

was filed or (b) the average monthly balance in his account for the 6-month period

immediately before the complaint was filed. The Court will use the information provided

on the Certificate of Funds and the trust account statement to determine the filing fee

immediately due and will send instructions to the prisoner and the prison trust account

office for payment if in forma pauperis status is granted.

Accordingly, Plaintiff is hereby granted LEAVE TO AMEND to supplement his in

forma pauperis application within thirty (30) days of the date of this order, with (1) a

Certificate of Funds in Prisoner’s Account completed and signed by an authorized officer

of the institution, and (2) a trust account statement showing the amount of funds

deposited and held in his account over the course of the past six months signed by an

authorized officer of the institution. Failure to do so will result in the dismissal of this

action without prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: November 15, 2005

 

JEFFREY S. WHITE 

United States District Judge

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