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Parties Involved:
Jan A. Plum
Defendant
James Trotter
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMES TROTTER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JAN A. PLUM, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:14-cv-2168-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. He has submitted an affidavit requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). He has not, however, submitted a certified trust account 

statement. 

 Section 1915(a)(2) requires “a prisoner seeking to bring a civil action without prepayment 

of fees or security therefor, in addition to filing the affidavit filed under paragraph (1), shall 

submit a certified copy of the trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for the 

prisoner for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint . . . , obtained 

from the appropriate official of each prison at which the prisoner is or was confined.” Plaintiff 

has not submitted a certified copy of his trust account statement or the institutional equivalent. 

He may comply with this requirement by having prison officials complete the “Certificate” 

portion of the form application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. 

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 Accordingly, plaintiff has 30 days from the date this order is served to submit the required 

trust account statement. Failure to comply with this order may result dismissal of this case. The 

Clerk of the court is directed to send to plaintiff a new form Application to Proceed In Forma 

Pauperis by a Prisoner. 

 So ordered. 

Dated: March 3, 2015. 

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