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Timestamp: 2019-01-20 22:57:54
Document Index: 159596528

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1983', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915']

AL-QAADIR GREEN, Plaintiff,
KEISHA FISHER, et al., Defendants.
THIS MATTER is opened to the Court upon the filing of a complaint (ECF No. 1) by Plaintiff Al-Qaadir Green (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner confined in New Jersey State Prison, raising civil rights claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has also submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 1-1.) For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff's request to proceed in forma pauperis shall be DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE and his complaint shall be ADMINISTRATIVELY TERMINATED as Plaintiff has neither paid the appropriate filing fees nor filed a complete application to proceed in forma pauperis sufficient to enable him to proceed without prepayment of those fees.
The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”), which amends 28 U.S.C. § 1915, establishes certain financial requirements for prisoners who are attempting to bring a civil action in forma pauperis. Under the Act, a prisoner bringing a civil action in forma pauperis must submit an affidavit, including a statement of all assets, which states the prisoner is unable to pay the fee. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). The prisoner also must submit a certified copy of his inmate trust fund account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of his complaint. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). The prisoner must obtain this statement from the appropriate official of each prison at which he was or is confined. Id.
The entire fee to be paid in advance of filing a civil complaint is $400 comprised of a $350 filing fee and a $50 administrative fee. If in forma pauperis status is denied, a prisoner is required to pay the entire $400, including the $350 filing fee and $50 administrative fee, before his complaint will be filed. If the prisoner is granted in forma pauperis status, he will not be responsible for the $50 administrative fee but will still be assessed the $350 filing fee, which must be paid in its entirety as follows: in each month that the amount in the prisoner's account exceeds $10.00, until the $350.00 filing fee is paid, the agency having custody of the prisoner shall assess, deduct from the prisoner's account, and forward to the Clerk of the Court, payment equal to 20% of the preceding month's income credited to the prisoner's account. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).
In this action, Plaintiff seeks to proceed in forma pauperis. Although Plaintiff has provided the Court with an application to proceed in forma pauperis and an inmate account statement (ECF No. 1-1), that account statement has not been certified by an appropriate official at the facility in which Plaintiff is imprisoned as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Because Plaintiff has failed to meet the requirements of § 1915(a)(2), his application to proceed in forma pauperis is denied without prejudice. Accordingly, IT IS on this 8th day of January 2018, ORDERED that Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 1-1) is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall ADMINISTRATIVELY TERMINATE this case, without filing the complaint or assessing a filing fee; Plaintiff is informed that administrative termination is not a “dismissal” for purposes of the statute of limitations, and that if the case is reopened, it is not subject to the statute of limitations time bar if it was originally filed timely, see Jenkins v. Superintendent of Laurel Highlands, 705 F.3d 80, 84 n.2 (2013) (describing prisoner mailbox rule generally); Dasilva v. Sheriff's Dept., 413 Fed.Appx. 498, 502 (3rd Cir. 2011) (“[The] statute of limitations is met when a complaint is submitted to the clerk before the statute runs ….”); and it is further
ORDERED that if Plaintiff wishes to reopen this case, he shall so notify the Court, in writing addressed to the Clerk of the Court, Clarkson S. Fisher Building & U.S. Courthouse, 402 East State Street, Trenton, N.J. 08608, within 30 days of the date of entry of this Order; Plaintiff's writing shall include either (1) a complete, signed in forma pauperis application, including an affidavit setting forth his inability to pay the appropriate filing fees and a six month inmate account statement which has been certified by the appropriate official at New Jersey State Prison, or (2) the $400 fee including the $350 filing fee plus the $50 administrative fee; and it is further
ORDERED that upon receipt of a writing from Plaintiff stating that he wishes to reopen this case, and either a complete in forma pauperis application including a certified account statement or payment of the filing and administrative fees within the time allotted by this Court, the Clerk of the Court will be directed to reopen this case; and it is further