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Parties Involved:
Certain Fresno County Deputies
Defendant
Cristian Jesus Penaloza
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CRISTIAN JESUS PENALOZA,

Plaintiff,

v.

CERTAIN FRESNO COUNTY 

DEPUTIES, et al.,

Defendants.

1:23-cv-01477-EPG (PC)

ORDER DENYING, WITHOUT PREJUDICE, 

IFP APPLICATION AND DIRECTING 

PLAINTIFF TO SUBMIT A COMPLETED 

IFP APPLICATION FEATURING TRUST 

ACCOUNT CERTIFICATION AND 

PROVIDING TRUST ACCOUNT 

STATEMENT

(ECF No. 2). 

Plaintiff is confined at the Fresno County Jail and is proceeding pro se in this civil action. 

Plaintiff has not paid the $402.00 filing fee but has submitted an application to proceed in forma 

pauperis (IFP) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF No. 2). However, the IFP application is not 

fully completed. Specifically, the portion of the IFP form, requiring an officer at the place of 

Plaintiff’s incarceration to certify Plaintiff’s account balance and to provide a certified copy of 

the trust account statement showing transactions for the past six months, has not been completed.1

(Id. at 2). 

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED as follows:

1. Plaintiff’s IFP application (ECF No. 2) is denied without prejudice. 

2. Within forty-five (45) days of the date of service of this order, Plaintiff shall submit the 

attached IFP application, completed and signed in full, and including the trust account 

1 Plaintiff signed the certificate regarding his trust account; however, that portion of the form is to be 

completed by an officer at the Jail.

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certification and providing a certified trust account statement showing transactions for the

past six months.

3. If Plaintiff believes he cannot provide that information, he should file a notice along with 

his IFP application, explaining the efforts he has made to have the appropriate officer at 

the Jail provide the required information and the Jail’s response.

4. Alternatively, Plaintiff may pay the $402.00 filing fee for this action. 

5. No requests for extension will be granted without a showing of good cause. Failure to 

comply with this order will result in dismissal of this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 17, 2023 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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