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Parties Involved:
Connie
Defendant
Erwit Martinez
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERWIT MARTINEZ,

Plaintiff,

 v.

MS. CONNIE, Nurse Practitioner

Defendant. /

No. C 07-03974 SBA (PR)

ORDER REGARDING IN FORMA

PAUPERIS MOTION

Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed this pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On that

same date, the Clerk of the Court sent Plaintiff a notice directing him to pay the filing fee or to file a

completed in forma pauperis (IFP) application. Plaintiff filed a completed IFP application and a

copy of his Certificate of Funds; however, Plaintiff did not file a copy of his prisoner trust account

statement.

Ordinarily, a plaintiff is permitted to file a civil action in federal court without prepayment of

fees or security if he submits an affidavit that he is unable to pay such fees or give security therefor. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). If the plaintiff is a prisoner who alleges that he is unable to pay the full

filing fee at the time of filing, he must submit: (1) an affidavit that includes a statement of all assets

he possesses, and (2) a certified copy of the trust fund account statement for the prisoner for the sixmonth period immediately preceding the filing of the action, obtained from the appropriate official

of each prison at which the prisoner is or was confined. See id. § 1915(a)(1), (2). If the court

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determines that the plaintiff is unable to pay the full filing fee at the time of filing, the plaintiff will

be granted leave to proceed IFP. This means that the filing fee must be paid by way of an

installment plan, according to which the court first will assess and collect a partial filing fee from the

prisoner, and then the prisoner will be required to make monthly payments of twenty percent of the

preceding month's income credited to Plaintiff's account until the full $350.00 filing fee is paid. Id.

§ 1915(b)(1). The agency having custody of the prisoner is responsible for forwarding to the court

payments from Plaintiff's account each time the amount in the account exceeds ten dollars. See id.

Therefore, before the Court will proceed to review the complaint Plaintiff is hereby

ORDERED to file a copy of his prisoner trust account statement. Plaintiff shall do so within thirty

(30) days of the date of this Order.

Failure to file a copy of Plaintiff's prisoner trust account statement as ordered herein

by the thirty-day deadline shall result in the dismissal of this action without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 12/14/07 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERWIT MARTINEZ,

Plaintiff,

 v.

NURSE PRACTIONER MS. CONNIE et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-03974 SBA 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on December 17, 2007, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle

located in the Clerk's office.

Erwit Martinez BK#07006914

Santa Clara County Department of Corrections

PFN DVN097

885 North San Pedro Street

San Jose, CA 95110

Dated: December 17, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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