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Parties Involved:
J. Doerer
Defendant
Kareem Lanier
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KAREEM LANIER,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. DOERER,

Defendant.

No. 1:24-cv-01178 GSA (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO SHOW 

CAUSE WHY THIS MATTER SHOULD NOT 

BE DISMISSED FOR FAILURE TO OBEY 

COURT ORDERS

(See ECF Nos. 2, 6)

PLAINTIFF’S SHOWING OF CAUSE, OR IN 

THE ALTERNATIVE, HIS RESPONSE TO 

COURT ORDER DUE IN THIRTY DAYS

Plaintiff, a federal inmate proceeding pro se, has requested leave to proceed in forma 

pauperis, and he appears to have filed this civil rights action to seek relief under 42 U.S.C. § 

1983. See ECF Nos. 1, 5 (complaint; in forma pauperis application, respectively). The matter 

was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local 

Rule 302.

For the reasons stated below, Plaintiff will be ordered to show cause why this matter 

should not be dismissed for failure to obey court orders. In the alternative, Plaintiff may file a 

signed complaint with the above-referenced case number on it and a copy of his current sixmonth prison trust fund account statement, consistent with the Court’s orders. See ECF Nos. 2, 6. 

Plaintiff shall have thirty days to take either course of action.

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I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND

On October 3, 2024, Plaintiff was ordered to file an application to proceed in forma 

pauperis and a signed complaint with the case number that has been assigned to him. See ECF 

No. 2 at 9.

On November 18, 2024, Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis was docketed. 

ECF No. 5. To date, however, Plaintiff has not filed a signed complaint in this matter that has the 

above-referenced case number on it.

Plaintiff has not filed the six-month prison trust fund account statement that prisoners are 

required to file with their in forma pauperis applications, either. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). As 

a result, on November 21, 2024, Plaintiff was specifically ordered to file one with the Court and 

he was given thirty days to do so. See ECF No. 6.

To date, Plaintiff has not fully complied with the October 2024 order. He has not 

complied with the November 2024 order, either. In addition, Plaintiff has not requested 

extensions of time to comply with these orders.

II. DISCUSSION

Both the Court and the public have an interest in the disposal of cases in an expedient 

manner. See generally Hernandez v. City of El Monte, 138 F.3d 393, 399 (9th Cir. 1998) 

(presuming public has interest in expeditious litigation). Plaintiff’s failure to file a signed

complaint with his own case number on it, and a six-month prison trust fund account statement as 

required by law (see 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2)) has stalled this process, and it warrants the Court 

issuing an order directing him to show cause why this matter should not be dismissed for failure 

to obey court orders. As a result, an order to show cause shall issue. Plaintiff will be given thirty 

days to respond to it. As an alternative to Plaintiff filing the showing of cause, within the same 

thirty-day period, Plaintiff may instead file the signed complaint with his own case number on it 

along with a copy of the certified six-month prison trust fund account statement as he has been

previously ordered to do.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Within thirty days from the date of this order Plaintiff shall SHOW CAUSE why this 

matter should not be dismissed for failure to obey court orders, and

2. As an ALTERNATIVE to filing the showing of cause, Plaintiff may file the signed 

complaint and a certified copy of his six-month prison trust fund account statement as he has been 

previously ordered to do. See ECF Nos. 2, 6; see also 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2).

Plaintiff is cautioned that failure to comply with this order within the time allotted 

may result in a recommendation that this matter be dismissed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 31, 2024 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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