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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 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RONNIE O. BROWN, No. CIV S-06-1581-LKK-CMK-P

Plaintiff, 

vs. ORDER

BOARD OF PRISON TERMS,

et al.,

Defendants.

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s application for leave to proceed in

forma pauperis (Doc. 2). The document suffers from a number of defects. First, plaintiff has not

signed the application. Second, plaintiff has not submitted 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). Rather, the document submitted as plaintiff trust account statement

was not certified by appropriate officials. Finally, the certification as to funds in plaintiff’s trust

account has not been signed by an authorized officer. Plaintiff will be provided the opportunity

to submit a completed application to proceed in forma pauperis, which contains both a signed

certification and a certified trust account statement, or the appropriate filing fee. Plaintiff is

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warned that failure to comply with this order may result in the dismissal of this action. See

Local Rule 11-110. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff shall submit on the form provided by the Clerk of the Court,

within 30 days from the date of this order, a complete application for leave to proceed in forma

pauperis, including the required affidavits and certifications, or the appropriate filing fee; and

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff a new form Application

to Proceed In Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner.

DATED: August 3, 2006.

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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