Opinion ID: 1572342
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 43

Heading: order requiring further information for determination of prisoner's indigency

Text: Based on a claim of indigency, Petitioner (Plaintiff) seeks a waiver of the filing fee in this matter of $____. Petitioner (Plaintiff) appears to be incarcerated for conviction of a crime or pending extradition or sentencing. The documents filed by Petitioner (Plaintiff) are insufficient to determine whether the Petitioner (Plaintiff) is indigent under Section 57.085, Florida Statutes. Petitioner (Plaintiff) must either pay the filing fee stated above or file the following items (as marked) with this tribunal within 45 days of the date of this order: ____ 1. Affidavit of indigency containing Petitioner's (Plaintiff's) identity and the financial information required by Section 57.085(2), Florida Statutes. ____ 2. Statement in the affidavit regarding whether the Petitioner (Plaintiff) has been determined to be indigent under Sections 57.081 or 57.085, Florida Statutes, or 28 U.S.C. § 1915 two or more times during the past three years and, if yes, a listing of all suits, actions, claims, proceedings, or appeals brought by the prisoner or intervened in by the prisoner in any court or adjudicatory forum during the past five years. ____3. Statement in the affidavit that I am unable to pay court costs and fees. Under penalty of perjury, I swear or affirm that all statements in this affidavit are true and complete. ____4. Acknowledgment that funds will be withdrawn from the Petitioner's (Plaintiff's) inmate trust account. ____5. A copy of the Petitioner's (Plaintiff's) inmate trust account records for the past 6 months or the length of the Petitioner's (Plaintiff's) incarceration, whichever period is shorter. If Petitioner (Plaintiff) has not had an inmate trust account during this time period, the Petitioner (Plaintiff) must submit signed documentation from prison or jail officials for each institution confirming that the Petitioner (Plaintiff) did not have a trust account. ____6. A financial certificate, signed by an authorized official of the Petitioner's (Plaintiff's) place of confinement, reflecting the current available account balance of the Petitioner's (Plaintiff's) inmate trust account and the average highest available monthly balance and average available monthly deposits in the trust account for the past 6 months or the length of the Petitioner's (Plaintiff's) incarceration, whichever period is shorter. Completion of the enclosed or attached form will satisfy all of these requirements. Failure either to pay the filing fee in full or to comply with this order within 45 days from the date of this order may result in dismissal of this case. If the Petitioner (Plaintiff) has filed or intervened in more than one action, separate documents must be supplied for each action and the case number must appear on each submission.