Order Form (01/2005)

United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Name of Assigned Judge

or Magistrate Judge

Joan H. Lefkow Sitting Judge if Other

than Assigned Judge

CASE NUMBER 12 C 1988 DATE March 28, 2012

CASE

TITLE

Ronald Alvine (#N-42933) v. State of Illinois, et al.

DOCKET ENTRY TEXT:

Plaintiff having “struck out” pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), his motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis

[#3] is denied. Plaintiff must pay the full statutory filing fee of $350 within fifteen days of the date of this order. 

Failure to pay the $350 filing fee within fifteen days will result in summary dismissal of this case. See Local

Rule 3.3(e) (N.D. Ill). 

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

STATEMENT

Plaintiff, in state custody at Stateville Correctional Center, has brought this pro se civil rights action

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff alleges false arrest and false

imprisonment relating to his 1992 conviction. However, a review of the Court’s docket reveals that Plaintiff is

barred from proceeding without paying the full statutory filing fee in advance. 

The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA), enacted on April 26, 1996, provides that a prisoner

may not bring a civil action or appeal a civil judgment under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 “if the prisoner has, on 3 or more

prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action or appeal in a court of the United

States that was dismissed on the grounds that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief

may be granted, unless the prisoner is under imminent danger of serious physical injury.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).

At least three of Plaintiff’s previous actions, all of which were filed while he was incarcerated or detained,

have been dismissed in this district on the grounds that they were frivolous, malicious, or failed to state a claim

upon which relief may be granted. See, e.g., Alvine v. DuPage County, et al., Case No. 00 C 2532 (N.D. Ill.)

(May 12, 2000) (Andersen, J.); Alvine v. Oneil, et al., Case No. 10 C 50032 (N.D. Ill.) (March 18, 2010) (Kapala,

J.); and Alvine vs. Berket, et al., Case No. 10 C 1949 (N.D. Ill.) (April 16, 2010) (Marovich, J.). Plaintiff was

notified that he had struck out in Alvine v. State of Illinois, et al, Case No. 11 C 50184 (N.D. Ill.) (July 8, 2011)

(Kapala, J.)

While Plaintiff’s current complaint alleges that he is in imminent danger, his allegation is of false arrest

and false imprisonment, relating to an arrest from 1992. A careful read of the complaint indicates that Plaintiff’s

fear of imminent danger seems to relate to continued incarceration and the possibility that he will die while

incarcerated on what he alleges is an invalid conviction. To the extent that Plaintiff is alleging fear of violence

(CONTINUED)

AWL

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STATEMENT

at the hands of his Illinois Department of Corrections employees, that is a separate issue that must be raised in a

separate case. George v. Smith, 507 F.3d 605 (7th Cir. 2007.) Accordingly, 28 U.S.C. §1915(g) prevents him from

proceeding without the full prepayment of the $350 filing fee.

For the foregoing reasons, the Court therefore denies Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file in forma pauperis

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). If Plaintiff fails to pay the $350 filing fee within fifteen days, the Court will enter

judgment dismissing this case in its entirety. See Local Rule 3.3(e) (N.D. Ill). 

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