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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

PANAMA CITY DIVISION

KARONN SKINNER,

Plaintiff,

v. CASE NO. 5:11-cv-00036-RS-GRJ

S CARROLL, et al,

Defendants.

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O R D E R

Presently before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma

Pauperis. (Doc. 2.) The motion is not accompanied by a signed Inmate Consent Form

or account information. The Court will, therefore, reserve ruling on the motion until

Plaintiff complies with the following instructions.

Plaintiff also has failed to list his previous lawsuits on his complaint form as

required. A query of the Court’s data system shows that Plaintiff has filed a number of

lawsuits in this district. Consequently, Plaintiff must file an amended complaint and

answer truthfully and completely all of the questions on the form.

Plaintiff has not provided all the inmate account information necessary to assess

his filing fee or to decide the motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis.

 The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (hereinafter "PLRA"), as amended, 28

U.S.C. § 1915, requires the court to assess an initial partial filing fee on all inmates who

are permitted to proceed in forma pauperis. Under the PLRA, all prisoners will

eventually pay the district court's entire $350 filing fee when bringing a civil action, or

filing an appeal, in forma pauperis. If a prisoner's account statement shows that he or
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she cannot pay even the required initial partial fee, the civil action may nevertheless

proceed; however, the total $350 fee will be assessed and deducted from future

deposits to Plaintiff's prison account until the total filing fee is paid. Fees are not

refundable, regardless of dismissal of the action. [The obligation to pay the full amount

of the filing fee continues even if Plaintiff is released from prison.] Even after the initial

partial fee is paid, the PLRA requires this court to dismiss the case at any time if it

determines that the allegation of poverty is untrue, or the action is frivolous or malicious,

fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief against

a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). Furthermore, §

1915(g) prohibits a prisoner from filing any further suit or appeal without full prepayment

of the filing fee if the prisoner has had three actions or appeals dismissed on one of the

previously mentioned grounds set out in Section 1915(e)(2).

The Court must assess an initial partial filing fee based on the average monthly

deposits in Plaintiff's prison bank account in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). 

Thus, Plaintiff must submit a computer printout for his inmate bank account for the six

(6) month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint; i.e., the period from

August 1, 2010 to January 31, 2011. Plaintiff must obtain account statements from

the appropriate official of each prison at which he or she is, or has been, confined for

the six (6) month period prior to the filing of this complaint. If Plaintiff was not

incarcerated during any portion of this time period, he or she must specifically advise

the court. 

Accordingly, it is ORDERED:

1. The Court reserves a ruling on the motion for leave to proceed in forma

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pauperis.

2. The clerk shall forward to Plaintiff a blank complaint form and a blank Inmate

Consent Form and Plaintiff shall have until March 4, 2011, to complete and return the

complaint form and to sign and have a prison official complete and sign the Inmate

Consent Form. Plaintiff shall file with the consent form either: (1) a computer printout of

the transactions in his prison account as directed in this order, or (2) the full $350.00

filing fee, or (3) a notice of voluntary dismissal of this case pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P.

41(a). 

 3. Failure to respond to this order as instructed will result in a recommendation

of dismissal of this action for failure to prosecute and failure to comply with an order of

this court. 

DONE AND ORDERED this 10 day of February, 2011. 

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s/Gary R. Jones 

GARY R. JONES

United States Magistrate Judge

Case No: 5:11-cv-00036-RS -GRJ