Opinion ID: 734158
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Failure To File Required Documents

Text: 26 Should the prisoner fail to file the affidavit of indigency or the trust account statement, the district court shall notify the prisoner of the deficiency. The district court shall inform the prisoner that should the prisoner not file the required documents within thirty (30) days, the court of appeals may dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution under Fed. R.App. P. 3(a) and in which case the district court will assess the entire filing fee. If dismissed under these circumstances, the appeal will not be reinstated despite the payment of the full filing fee or subsequent correction of the deficiency. 27 The prisoner may request from the district court an extension of time to pay the filing fee or seek pauper status. The motion must be filed within thirty (30) days of the district court's deficiency order or the extension motion will not be granted unless the prisoner makes an affirmative showing that he or she did not receive the deficiency order within the thirty (30) days. If such a showing sets forth the date the prisoner received the deficiency order and is made in a notarized statement or a declaration complying with 28 U.S.C. § 1746, then the district court may, in its discretion, grant an additional thirty (30) days from the date of the filing of the extension order to allow the prisoner to correct the deficiency. The extension motion will be deemed filed once the motion is given to the prison authorities for mailing and the prisoner has satisfied the verification requirements of Fed. R.App. P. 25(a)(2)(C). See also Houston, 487 U.S. at 270, 108 S.Ct. at 2382. The clerk of the court of appeals shall continue to monitor the fee status of each appeal. Should the prisoner fail to comply with the district court's deficiency order, the clerk of the court of appeals shall dismiss the case for want of prosecution and the district court will assess the entire filing fee, which is to be made payable to the clerk of the district court. Once dismissed under these procedures, the appeal will not be reinstated despite the payment of the full filing fee or subsequent correction of the deficiency. 28