Hicks v. Canterbury et al, No. 2:2013cv27830 - Document 7 (S.D.W. Va. 2014)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER denying plaintiff's 4 MOTION to Remove Civil Action from State Court to this United States District Court; granting plaintiff's 6 MOTION to Amend 3 Notice of Removal; this matter shall proceed on the plaintiff's proposed Amended Complaint; directing the Clerk to docket the proposed Amended Complaint as a new docket entry entitled "Amended Civil Rights Complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983"; the plaintiff shall pay the full amount of the filing fee of $350.00; plaintiff must pay an initial filing fee of $56.33; plaintiff is required to make monthly payments; granting plaintiff's 1 APPLICATION to Proceed Without Prepayment of Fees or Costs, except to the ext ent that the plaintiff is required to make the payments set forth herein. Signed by Magistrate Judge Dwane L. Tinsley on 5/9/2014. (Attachment: # 1 Court's Exhibit A) (cc: plaintiff; Jane Lucas, Trustee Clerk, Mount Olive Correctional Complex) (tmh)