Opinion ID: 753623
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Civil Rights Claim (Appeal 97-1454)

Text: 8 The district court dismissed Nana's civil rights claim against AVCF officials without prejudice after Nana failed to cure deficiencies in the documents he filed to support his motion to proceed in forma pauperis. The district court had ordered Nana to file with the court a page missing from his complaint and a recent trust fund account statement and certification of that statement by a prison official within thirty days. The district court informed Nana that if he did not file the required documents on time, his claims would be dismissed without prejudice. Nana failed to file a certification of his account statement. As a result, the district court dismissed his claims without prejudice. The district court subsequently denied Nana's motion to reconsider the order of dismissal, noting that Nana did not inform the court in a timely manner why he failed to file the required documents. 9 Nana does not dispute the district court's conclusion that he failed to file the required certification before the district court's deadline and did not inform the district court in a timely manner of a legitimate explanation for his failure to do so. As a result, we see no error in the district court's decision to dismiss Nana's claims without prejudice. Because we find no error in the original dismissal, we do not believe the district court abused its discretion by denying Nana's motion for reconsideration. As a result, we find Nana's appeal to be without merit and not in good faith, and we deny Nana's motion to proceed in forma pauperis and dismiss his appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1).