-VPC Paterson v. Nevada, State Of et al, No. 3:2011cv00755 - Document 3 (D. Nev. 2011)

Court Description: ORDER DISMISSING CASE - ORDERED the # 1 Application for IFP is DENIED and that this action shall be DISMISSED without prejudice to the filing of a new complaint in a new action together with a new IFP application with all required attachments. Cler k shall send P a copy of the papers that he filed along with the complaint and pauper forms and instructions. The Clerk shall enter final judgment accordingly, dismissing this action without prejudice. Signed by Judge Howard D. McKibben on 10/25/2011. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRM)

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-VPC Paterson v. Nevada, State Of et al Doc. 3 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 6 7 8 JEFFREY S. PATERSON, 9 Plaintiff, 3:11-cv-00755-HDM-VPC 10 vs. 11 ORDER 12 13 STATE OF NEVADA, et al. Defendants. 14 15 16 Plaintiff, a Nevada state inmate, has filed an application (#1) to proceed in forma pauperis seeking to initiate a civil rights action. 17 The application is incomplete. Both a financial certificate properly executed by an 18 appropriate institutional officer and a statement of the plaintiff’s inmate trust fund account for 19 the past six months are required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2) and Local Rule LSR1-2. The 20 financial certificate attached with the application is not the required financial certificate that 21 is included with the application form, and it does not have the same required information. 22 Further, plaintiff did not attach a statement of his inmate trust fund account for the past six 23 months. Both a proper executed financial certificate and an inmate account statement are 24 required. 25 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the application to proceed in forma pauperis (#1) 26 is DENIED and that this action shall be DISMISSED without prejudice to the filing of a new 27 complaint in a new action together with a new pauper application with all required 28 attachments. Dockets.Justia.com 1 2 3 4 5 The Clerk of Court shall send plaintiff a copy of the papers that he filed along with the complaint and pauper forms and instructions. The Clerk shall enter final judgment accordingly, dismissing this action without prejudice. DATED: October 25, 2011. 6 7 8 9 _________________________________ HOWARD D. MCKIBBEN United States District Judge 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2-

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