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Parties Involved:
Marcus D. Horton
Plaintiff
Siskiyou County Jail
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARCUS D. HORTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

SISKIYOU COUNTY JAIL,

Defendant.

No. 2:15-cv-1503 DAD P

ORDER

Plaintiff, an inmate at Siskiyou County Jail, has filed a document with the court in the 

form of a letter seeking the court’s assistance with alleged civil rights violations. Plaintiff has not 

filed any other pleadings. 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 motion will be denied without 

prejudice. 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. 

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

 

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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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1. Plaintiff’s July 13, 2015 request (ECF No. 1) is denied without prejudice.

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 $400.00.2 Plaintiff’s failure to 

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

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: July 24, 2015

DAD:10/kly

hort1503.Nocompl

 

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 The $400.00 is comprised of the $350.00 filing fee and a $50.00 administrative fee. If plaintiff 

is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis, plaintiff is not required to pay the $50.00 

administrative fee. 

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