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Parties Involved:
Nicholas Raymond Prout
Plaintiff
Unknown
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NICHOLAS RAYMOND PROUT,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNKNOWN,

Defendant.

No. 2:24-cv-2159 CSK P

ORDER

Plaintiff, an inmate at the Yuba County Jail, has filed a document titled “Grievance 

Procedure Form.” In this document, plaintiff alleges that he was subjected to cruel and unusual 

punishment at the Yuba County Jail. No other pleadings have been filed by the plaintiff. In order 

to commence an action, plaintiff must file a complaint as required by Rule 3 of the Federal Rules 

of Civil Procedure, and plaintiff must either pay the required filing fee or file an application 

requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis.1

 See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). The court 

will not issue any orders granting or denying relief until an action has been properly commenced. 

Therefore, plaintiff’s document titled “Grievance Procedure Form” is disregarded. Plaintiff will 

be provided the opportunity to file his complaint, and to submit an application requesting leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis or to submit the appropriate filing fee. 

1 If leave to file in forma pauperis is granted, plaintiff will still be required to pay the filing fee 

but will be allowed to pay it in installments.

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

1. Plaintiff’s document titled “Grievance Procedure Form” (ECF No. 1) is disregarded;

2. Plaintiff is granted thirty days from the date of service of this order to file a complaint 

that complies with the requirements of the Civil Rights Act, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 

and the Local Rules of Practice; the complaint must bear the docket number assigned this case; 

plaintiff must file an original and two copies of the complaint. Plaintiff shall also submit, within 

thirty days from the date of this order, the application to proceed in forma pauperis on the form 

provided by the Clerk of Court, or the filing fee in the amount of $405.00.2 Plaintiff’s failure to 

comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this matter be dismissed; and

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff the court’s form for filing a civil 

rights action, and the application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner.

Dated: August 14, 2024

prou4769.nocompl

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 The $405.00 is comprised of the $350.00 filing fee and a $55.00 administrative fee. If plaintiff 

is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis, plaintiff is not required to pay the $55.00 

administrative fee. 

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