Pearson v. Reeves, No. 2:2011cv14546 - Document 6 (E.D. Mich. 2011)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER of Dismissal re 1 Complaint. Signed by District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. (CPic)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION JOSEPH PEARSON, #697215, Plaintiff, CASE NO. 2:11-CV-14546 HONORABLE ARTHUR J. TARNOW v. LISA REEVES, ET AL., Defendants. _____________________________________/ OPINION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL The Court has before it Plaintiff Joseph Pearson s pro se civil rights complaint brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff is a state prisoner confined at the West Shoreline Correctional Facility in Muskegon Heights, Michigan. At the time he filed his complaint, Plaintiff did not pay the required $350.00 filing fee, nor did he submit a proper application to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2); McGore v. Wrigglesworth, 114 F.3d 601, 605 (6th Cir. 1997). Consequently, the Court issued a deficiency order requiring Plaintiff to either pay the filing fee or submit a properly completed in forma pauperis application within 30 days by November 21, 2011. The order provided that if Plaintiff did not submit either the fee or the application within that time, his case would be dismissed. Plaintiff has failed to correct the deficiency within the allotted time for doing so. Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE the civil rights complaint. IT IS SO ORDERED. S/Arthur J. Tarnow Arthur J. Tarnow Senior United States District Judge Dated: December 7, 2011 I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon parties/counsel of record on December 7, 2011, by electronic and/or ordinary mail. S/Catherine A. Pickles Judicial Secretary 2
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