STUDNICKA et al v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS et al, No. 2:2010cv00137 - Document 3 (S.D. Ind. 2010)

Court Description: ENTRY denying 2 Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis; plaintiff shall have through 06/30/10 to pay filing fee to clerk of distict court; Complaint is dismissed as unintelligible; no final judgment shall issue at this time; plaintiff shall have though 06/30/10 to file an amended complaint. Signed by Judge William T. Lawrence on 6/10/2010. (VS)

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STUDNICKA et al v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS et al Doc. 3 SUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SEAN A. STUDNICKA, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, vs. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, et al., Defendants. 2:10-cv-0137-WTL-JMS Entry Directing Further Proceedings I. The plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis (dkt 2) is denied because the plaintiff has sufficient funds to pay the $350.00 filing fee. He shall have through June 30, 2010, in which to pay the filing fee to the clerk of the district court. II. A. The complaint is dismissed as unintelligible. Davis v. Ruby Foods, Inc., 269 F.3d 818, 820 (7th Cir. 2001)("dismissal of a complaint on the ground that it is unintelligible is unexceptionable"). No final judgment shall issue at this time. B. The plaintiff shall have through June 30, 2010, in which to file an amended complaint. In preparing an amended complaint, the plaintiff shall conform to the following guidelines: a. The amended complaint shall comply with the requirement of Rule 8(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that pleadings contain "a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief. . . ." b. The amended complaint shall comply with the requirement of Rule 10 that the allegations in a complaint be made in numbered paragraphs, each of which should recite, as far as practicable, only a single set of circumstances. Dockets.Justia.com c. The amended complaint must identify what legal injury he claims to have suffered and what persons are responsible for each such legal injury. d. The amended complaint shall contain a clear statement of the relief which is sought. If an amended complaint is filed, it will be evaluated as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b). If an amended complaint is not filed as directed in Part II.B. of this Entry, the action will be dismissed pursuant to Part II.A. of this Entry. IT IS SO ORDERED. Date: 06/10/2010 Distribution: Sean A. Studnicka #32868-048 Terre Haute - USP P.O. Box 33 Terre Haute, IN 47808 _______________________________ Hon. William T. Lawrence, Judge United States District Court Southern District of Indiana

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