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Parties Involved:
Department of Corrections
Defendant
James S. Williams
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES S. WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-10-0380 EFB P

vs.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

Defendant. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a prisoner without counsel, has filed a complaint alleging civil rights violations. 

See 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). 

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. ////

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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 will result in a

recommendation that this action be dismissed. 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: February 25, 2010.

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