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Parties Involved:
Daniel Neal
Plaintiff
Unknown
Defendant

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 If leave to file in forma pauperis is granted, plaintiff will still be required to pay the 1

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

DANIEL NEAL,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-08-0365 WBS DAD P

vs.

UNKNOWN,

Defendant. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner in Amarillo, Texas, has filed a letter addressed to the

governor of the State of California that contains a series of confusing statements about his life. 

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. See 28 U.S.C. 1

§§ 1914(a), 1915(a). The court will not issue any orders granting or denying relief until an action

has been properly commenced. The court will provide plaintiff with an opportunity to file a

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 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 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 $350.00. Plaintiff's failure to comply with this order will result in a

recommendation that this matter be dismissed; and

2. 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: February 25, 2008.

DAD:9:ke

neal0365.noc

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