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Timestamp: 2017-05-25 22:16:28
Document Index: 383520435

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

| Echevarria v. Schlectweg
Echevarria v. Schlectweg
LUIS ANGEL TORRES ECHEVARRIA, PLAINTIFF,v.PTL. KARL SCHLECTWEG, DEFENDANT.
Plaintiff, Luis Angel Torres Echevarria, a convicted state inmate confined at the South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton, New Jersey, when he submitted this Complaint for filing, seeks to bring this civil action for declaratory relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for alleged violations of his constitutional rights regarding his state court trial and conviction. Plaintiff failed to pay the $350.00 filing fee and did not submit a complete application to proceed in forma pauperis, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 ("Section 1915").
Section 1915 establishes certain financial requirements for prisoners who are attempting to bring a civil action or file an appeal in forma pauperis. A prisoner bringing a civil action in forma pauperis 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. § 1915(a)(1). The prisoner also must submit a certified copy of an inmate trust fund account statement for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). The prisoner must obtain this statement from the appropriate official of each prison or institutional facility at which the prisoner was or is confined. Id.
If the prisoner has, on three or more prior occasions while incarcerated, filed a complaint or brought an appeal in a court that was dismissed on any of the grounds listed above, the prisoner cannot bring another action in forma pauperis unless the prisoner is in imminent danger of serious physical injury. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).*fn1
Plaintiff here failed to either pay the $350.00 filing fee, or submit a complete in forma pauperis application as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1); in particular, Plaintiff failed to provide a complete in forma pauperis application that contains a signed certification from an authorized officer of the South Woods State Prison, where plaintiff is confined, and his six-month institutional account statement, as prescribed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2).
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall supply to Plaintiff a blank form Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, and a blank form to be used by a prisoner in filing a Civil Rights Complaint; 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, 402 East State Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08608, within 30 days of the date of entry of this Order; Plaintiff's writing shall include either (1) a complete in forma pauperis application, including an affidavit of indigence, and six-month prison account statement, signed and certified by an authorized officer of the institution where he is confined, or (2) the $350 filing fee; and (3) a Civil Rights Complaint setting forth his statement of claims and relief sought with Plaintiff's signature as required under Fed.R.Civ.P. 11(a); and it is further