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Timestamp: 2017-01-24 01:12:17
Document Index: 644041308

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

| Massaro v. Balicki
LAWRENCE MASSARO, Plaintiff,v.KAREN BALICKI, et al., Defendants.
Lawrence Massaro, South Woods State Prison, Bridgeton, NJ. Plaintiff pro se.
Plaintiff Lawrence Massaro, a prisoner confined at South Woods State Prison, seeks to bring this civil action in forma pauperis, without prepayment of fees or security, asserting claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Title 28 U.S.C. § 1915, establishes certain financial requirements for prisoners who are attempting to bring a civil action in forma pauperis. Under § 1915, a prisoner seeking to bring a civil action in forma pauperis must submit an affidavit, including a statement of all assets and liabilities, which states that 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(s) for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of his complaint. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). The prisoner must obtain this certified statement from the appropriate official of each correctional facility at which he was or is confined during such six-month period. Id. If the prisoner is granted in forma pauperis status, the prisoner must pay the full amount of the $350 filing fee, in installments, as follows. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). 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 an installment 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 failed to submit a complete in forma pauperis application as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), (2), including a certified institutional account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the Complaint. See, e.g., Hairston, Sr. v. Gronolsky, 348 F.Appx. 716 (3d Cir. 2009) (affirming administrative termination of prisoner civil rights action for failure to comply with requirements of § 1915); Tyson v. Youth Ventures, L.L.C. , 42 F.Appx. 221 (10th Cir. 2002) (affirming dismissal without prejudice of civil action where prisoner submitted only uncertified copy of institutional account statement); Johnson v. United States , 79 Fed.Cl. 769 (2007) (same). See also Rohn v. Johnston , 415 F.Appx. 353, 354-55 (3d Cir. 2011) (affirming dismissal without prejudice of civil action where prisoner failed to submit the required affidavit of poverty). More specifically, although the Complaint is dated February 19, 2013, it is supported by an affidavit executed on October 24, 2013, and Plaintiff's entire submission was received in one package by the Clerk of the Court on November 18, 2013. Thus, Plaintiff's submission could not have been placed in the prison mail system before October 24, 2013. Nevertheless, the institutional account statements submitted date from February 15, 2013, through August 14, 2013, leaving a gap of more than two months before the date Plaintiff submitted his Complaint and supporting documents. In addition, the institutional account statements are not certified by an institutional official.
For the reasons set forth above, Plaintiff=s application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis will be denied without prejudice and the Clerk of the Court will be ordered to administratively terminate this action, without filing the complaint or assessing a filing fee.[ ...