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Parties Involved:
Martin J. Cortes-Salcedo
Plaintiff
Hector Cortez
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARTIN J. CORTES-SALCEDO,

Plaintiff,

v.

HECTOR CORTEZ,

Defendant.

No. 2:20-cv-0088 DB P

ORDER

Plaintiff, a county inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has not paid the required filing fee of $350.00 plus the $50.00 

administrative fee nor has he filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 

1914(a) & 1915(a). Plaintiff will be granted thirty days to pay the filing fee in full or submit a 

properly completed application to proceed in forma pauperis.

Plaintiff is cautioned that the in forma pauperis application form includes a section that 

must be completed by a jail official, and the form must be accompanied by a certified copy of 

plaintiff’s jail trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing 

of this action.

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

1. Plaintiff shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, either the $350.00 

filing fee plus the $50.00 administrative fee or a properly completed application to proceed in 

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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 dismissal of this action without 

prejudice; and

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.

Dated: January 30, 2020

DLB:9

DB/prisoner-civil rights/cort0088.3a

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