Order Form (01/2005)

United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Name of Assigned Judge

or Magistrate Judge

RONALD A. GUZMÁN Sitting Judge if Other

than Assigned Judge

CASE NUMBER 12 C 2014 DATE 3/23/2012

CASE

TITLE

William L. Hinton (#K-52122) vs. James O’Halloran, et al.

DOCKET ENTRY TEXT:

The plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis [#3] is denied, without prejudice. The plaintiff is directed

to submit a renewed i.f.p. petition that is certified by a trust fund officer; he must also attach copies of his prison

trust fund ledgers showing his income for the six months preceding the filing of this action [that is, from

September 20, 2011, through March 20, 2012]. Failure to comply within thirty days of the date of this order will

result in denial of leave to proceed in forma pauperis and summary dismissal of this case. The Clerk is directed

to provide the plaintiff with a blank i.f.p. petition along with a copy of this order. The plaintiff is reminded that

he must provide the court with the original plus a judge’s copy of every document filed.

O [For further details see text below.] Docketing to mail notices.

STATEMENT

The plaintiff, an Illinois state prisoner, has brought this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C.

§ 1983. The plaintiff claims that Will County Sheriff’s Deputies wrongfully arrested him in 2008, and that the

State’s Attorney’s Office maliciously prosecuted him for violating an order of protection. 

The Clerk has accepted this pro se civil rights complaint for docketing pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(e)

even though it was not submitted in compliance with the rules of this court. An incarcerated person seeking leave

to proceed in forma pauperis must obtain a certificate from a prison official stating the amount of money the

prisoner has on deposit in his or her prison or jail trust fund account. To enable the court to make the necessary

assessment of an initial partial filing fee, the prisoner must also “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 or notice of appeal, obtained from the appropriate official of each prison at which the prisoner

is or was confined.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). In the case at bar, the plaintiff’s i.f.p. petition is not certified, and

the plaintiff has failed to include copies of his prison trust fund ledgers. 

In short, if the plaintiff wants to proceed with this lawsuit, he must submit a certified i.f.p. petition, along

with copies of trust fund ledgers showing his income for the six months preceding the filing of this lawsuit [that

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STATEMENT (continued)

is, from September 20, 2011, through March 20, 2012]. The Clerk will provide the plaintiff with a blank i.f.p.

application. Failure to comply [or, in the alternative, to submit the statutory filing fee of $350.00] will result in

summary dismissal of this suit. See Zaun v. Dobbin, 628 F.2d 990 (7th Cir. 1980). 

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