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Parties Involved:
California Medical Facility
Defendant
Vincent Steffani
Plaintiff

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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VINCENT STEFFANI,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-06-0514 GEB KJM P

vs.

CALIFORNIA MEDICAL FACILITY,

Defendant. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner at California Medical Facility, has filed a document

styled as a letter seeking relief from prison abuse. 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 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. 

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

1. Plaintiff’s March 10, 2006 letter 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 $250.00. 

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: April 28, 2006.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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