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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 DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Jeffrey Alan Taylor, 

Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

Peoria Police Department, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. CV 13-2393-PHX-RCB (JFM) 

 O R D E R 

On November 20, 2013, Plaintiff Jeffrey Alan Taylor, who is confined in the 

Maricopa County Lower Buckeye Jail, filed a pro se civil rights Complaint (Doc. 1) and 

an “Application for Deferral or Waiver of Court Fees and/or Costs and Consent to Entry 

of Judgment.” Plaintiff also filed a state court form “Request and Order for Hearing,” 

which the Clerk of Court docketed as a Motion for Hearing (Doc. 5). In an Order dated 

December 12, 2013, the Court denied without prejudice Plaintiff’s Application and 

granted Plaintiff 30 days to either pay the $400.00 filing and administrative fees or to file 

a complete Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. On December 19, 2013, Plaintiff 

filed a new Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Doc. 9). The Court will grant the 

Application to Proceed, will deny the Motion, and will dismiss the Complaint with leave 

to amend using the court-approved form. 

I. Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and Filing Fee

 Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis will be granted. 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915(a). Plaintiff must pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). 

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The Court will assess an initial partial filing fee of $6.10. Id. The remainder of the 

statutory filing fee will be collected monthly in payments of 20% of the previous month’s 

income credited to Plaintiff’s trust account each time the amount in the account exceeds 

$10.00. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). The Court will enter a separate Order requiring the 

appropriate government agency to collect and forward the fees according to the statutory 

formula. 

II. Failure to File Complaint on Court-Approved Form 

Pursuant to Local Rule of Civil Procedure 3.4, “[a]ll complaints and applications 

to proceed in forma pauperis by incarcerated persons shall be signed and legibly written 

or typewritten on forms approved by the Court.” Plaintiff has not filed his Complaint on 

the court-approved form and the Court is unable to determine the precise number and 

nature of Plaintiff’s claims. Also, although Plaintiff discusses several individuals in his 

Complaint, he fails to specifically identify the Defendants he is suing, as required in 

Section B of the court-approved form. The Court will therefore dismiss the Complaint 

and grant Plaintiff 30 days to file a first amended complaint on the court-approved form. 

III. Leave to Amend 

 For the foregoing reasons, the Complaint will be dismissed for failure to comply 

with Local Rule of Civil Procedure 3.4. Within 30 days, Plaintiff may submit a first 

amended complaint to cure the deficiencies outlined above. The Clerk of Court will mail 

Plaintiff a court-approved form to use for filing a first amended complaint. If Plaintiff 

fails to use the court-approved form, the Court may strike the first amended complaint 

and dismiss this action without further notice to Plaintiff. 

 Plaintiff must clearly designate on the face of the document that it is the “First 

Amended Complaint.” The first amended complaint must be retyped or rewritten in its 

entirety on the court-approved form and may not incorporate any part of the original 

Complaint by reference. Plaintiff may include only one claim per count. 

 A first amended complaint supersedes the original complaint. Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 

963 F.2d 1258, 1262 (9th Cir. 1992); Hal Roach Studios v. Richard Feiner & Co., 896 

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F.2d 1542, 1546 (9th Cir. 1990). After amendment, the Court will treat an original 

complaint as nonexistent. Ferdik, 963 F.2d at 1262. Any cause of action that was raised 

in the original complaint and that was voluntarily dismissed or was dismissed without 

prejudice is waived if it is not alleged in a first amended complaint. Lacey v. Maricopa 

County, 693 F.3d 896, 928 (9th Cir. 2012) (en banc). 

IV. Warnings

A. Release

 Plaintiff must pay the unpaid balance of the filing fee within 120 days of his 

release. Also, within 30 days of his release, he must either (1) notify the Court that he 

intends to pay the balance or (2) show good cause, in writing, why he cannot. Failure to 

comply may result in dismissal of this action. 

B. Address Changes

 Plaintiff must file and serve a notice of a change of address in accordance with 

Rule 83.3(d) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff must not include a motion 

for other relief with a notice of change of address. Failure to comply may result in 

dismissal of this action. 

C. Copies

 Plaintiff must submit an additional copy of every filing for use by the Court. See

LRCiv 5.4. Failure to comply may result in the filing being stricken without further 

notice to Plaintiff. 

D. Possible Dismissal

 If Plaintiff fails to timely comply with every provision of this Order, including 

these warnings, the Court may dismiss this action without further notice. See Ferdik, 963 

F.2d at 1260-61 (a district court may dismiss an action for failure to comply with any 

order of the Court). 

IT IS ORDERED: 

 (1) Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Doc. 9) is granted. 

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 (2) As required by the accompanying Order to the appropriate government 

agency, Plaintiff must pay the $350.00 filing fee and is assessed an initial partial filing 

fee of $6.10. 

(3) The Complaint (Doc. 1) is dismissed for failure to comply with Local Rule 

of Civil Procedure 3.4. Plaintiff has 30 days from the date this Order is filed to file a first 

amended complaint in compliance with this Order. 

 (4) If Plaintiff fails to file an amended complaint within 30 days, the Clerk of 

Court must, without further notice, enter a judgment of dismissal of this action without 

prejudice. 

(5) The Motion for Hearing (Doc. 5) is denied as premature. 

(6) The Clerk of Court must mail Plaintiff a court-approved form for filing a 

civil rights complaint by a prisoner. 

DATED this 25th day of February, 2014. 

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