Source: https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-jersey/njdce/2:2015cv01604/316002/2
Timestamp: 2017-08-22 17:09:19
Document Index: 95534992

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1983', '§ 1915', '§ 191', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 191']

MEMORANDUM/ORDER that Plaintiffs request to proceed in forma pauperis is hereby DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE; that the Clerk of the Court shall ADMINISTRATIVELY TERMINATE this case, without filing the complaint or assessing a filing fee; that the Clerk of the Court shall send Plaintiff the form entitled Affidavit of Poverty and Account Certification for ROSE JR. v. GERTZMAN et al :: Justia Dockets & Filings
Justia Dockets & Filings Third Circuit New Jersey New Jersey District Court ROSE JR. v. GERTZMAN et al Filing 2
ROSE JR. v. GERTZMAN et al
MEMORANDUM/ORDER that Plaintiffs request to proceed in forma pauperis is hereby DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE; that the Clerk of the Court shall ADMINISTRATIVELY TERMINATE this case, without filing the complaint or assessing a filing fee; that the Clerk of the Court shall send Plaintiff the form entitled Affidavit of Poverty and Account Certification (Civil Rights)(DNJ ProSe 007 A(Rev. 5/13)) to be used by Plaintiff in any future application to proceed informa pauperis; that if Plaintiff wishes to reopen this case, he shall so notify the Court in writing addressed to the Clerk of the Court; etc. Signed by Judge Claire C. Cecchi on 3/31/15. (DD, )
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY TROY R, ROSE JR., Civil Action No. 15-1604 (CCC) Plaintiff, v. : MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DR. GLORIA GERTZMAN, et al.. Defendants. Plaintiff Trov R. Rose Jr., a pretrial detainee currently confined at Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark, New Jersey, seeks to bring this civil action without prepayment of fees or security, asserting claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”), which amends 28 U.S.C. in ,förma pauperis, § 1983. The Prison § 1915, establishes financial requirements for prisoners who are attempting to bring a civil action certain injbrma pauperis. Under the Act, a prisoner bringing a civil action informapauperis must submit an affidavit, including a statement of all assets, which states that the prisoner is unable to pay the fee. 28 U.S.C. § 191 5(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 LS.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. That fee include s a tiling fee of $350 plus an administrative fee of $50, for a total of $400. A prisoner who is granted in/orina pauper/s status will, instead, he assessed a filing fee of $350 and will not be responsible for thc $50 admimsiratic tce 11 in toimapauperis status is denied the piisoner must pa the full $400, including the $350 filing fee and the $50 administrative fee, before the complaint will be filed. Ifthe prisoner is granted informapauperis status, the prisoner must pay the full the $350 filing fee as follows. 28 U.S.C. § amount of 1915(bXI). 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 forwar d to the Clerk of the Court, payment equal to 20% of the preceding month’s income credited to the 28 U.S.C. prisoner’s account. § l915(bX2). Plaintiffmay not have known when he submitted his complaint that he must pay fee, and that even if the full filing fee, or any part of it, has been paid, the Court the filing must dismiss the case if it finds that the action is: (1) frivolous or malicious; (2) fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted; or (3) seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immun e from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(eX2XB). Ifthe Court dismisses the case for any ofthes e reasons, the Act does not permit the prisoner to get his filing fee baclc In this action, Plaintiff failed to submit a complete In forma pauperls applica tion as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Specifically, he failed to submit a certified six month prison account statement See 28 U.S.C. § 191 5(aX2). Plaintiffsubmitted a copy ofhis account statement that is completely blacked out and illegible, therefore it is impossible for the Court to review the statement to determine if Plaintiff is eligible for informapauperis status. THEREFORE. it is on this_31tday of fl’La r(jq , 2015; ORDERED that Plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis is hereby DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE; it is further 2 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 administrativ e 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 prison er mailbox rule generally); Dasilva v, Sheriffs Dep ‘t, 413 F. App’x 498, 502 (3rd Cir. 2011) ([TheJ statute of limitations is met when a complaint is submitted to the clerk before the statute runs it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall send Plaintiff the form entitled Affidavit of Poverty and Account Certification (Civil Rights)(DNJ ProSe 007 A(Rev. 5/13)) to be used by Plaintiff in any future application to proceed informa pauperis; 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, Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse, 50 Walnut Street, Newark, NJ 071018, within 30 days of the date of entry of this Order; Plainti ffs writing shall include either (1) a complete, signed in forma pauperis application, including a certified, readable six-month prison account statement. or (2) the $400 fee including the $350 tiling fee plus the $50 administrative fee; 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 for,na pauperis application 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 finally ORI)ERED that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Order upon Plaintiff by regular U.S. mail. Claire C. Cecchi, U.S.DJ.