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Parties Involved:
Butte County Jail
Defendant
John Alexander Rood
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN ALEXANDER ROOD,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-08-1261 DAD P

vs.

BUTTE COUNTY JAIL,

Defendant. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner 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. Plaintiff has

not submitted his in forma pauperis request on a proper form.

Plaintiff’s request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis will be denied, and

plaintiff will be granted thirty days to submit a new request on a proper form. Plaintiff is

cautioned that the form includes a section that must be completed by a prison official, and the

application form must be accompanied by a certified copy of plaintiff’s prison trust account

statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of this action. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s May 12, 2008 motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is

denied without prejudice;

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2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff an Application to Proceed

In Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner for use in a civil rights action; and

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

completed application to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided with this order;

plaintiff is cautioned that failure to comply with this order or seek an extension of time to do so

will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed without prejudice.

DATED: June 18, 2008.

DAD:9

rood1261.3d

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