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Parties Involved:
S. Evans
Defendant
Alfonzo Pickens
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALFONZO PICKENS,

Plaintiff, 

 v.

S. EVANS, Warden, 

Defendant. /

No. C 07-6306 WHA (PR) 

ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO

FILE CERTIFICATE OF FUNDS

AND COPY OF INMATE ACCOUNT

This is a civil rights case filed pro se by a state prisoner. The clerk sent plaintiff a notice

that he had not paid the filing fee or applied for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). He

was warned to pay the fee or apply for IFP status within thirty days or the case would be

dismissed. Included with the notice was an IFP application form and a postpaid return

envelope.

Plaintiff has filed an application to proceed IFP which does not include page five of the

form application, the “Certificate of Funds in Inmate Account.” In a cover letter he says that

“prison officials refuse to complete the ‘Certificate of Funds’ (see attached).” In the

attachment, which is an inmate request in which plaintiff asked that the trust office complete the

certificate of funds, the answer is: “No I can’t – follow procedures on request & will be done.” 

That is, plaintiff has not followed the correct procedure, which the Court suspects from previous

cases may involve asking the inmate’s counselor to handle the matter. 

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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Given that plaintiff should be able to properly complete the application if he follows

procedure, the time for him to either play the $350 filing fee or request leave to proceed IPF is

EXTENDED to a date thirty days from the date this order is entered. If a complete application is

not provided within that time this case will be dismissed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 8 , 2008. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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