James

Curtis Ivan James, an Arizona state prisoner at the time these actions were filed, appeals pro se the district court’s dismissal of his complaint for failure to timely provide a trust-account statement pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (a)(2). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review for abuse of discretion, 1 and we reverse and remand.

In both appeals, the district court entered an order stating that James must file a *28 trust-account statement in accordance with § 1915(a)(2) within thirty days to proceed in forma pauperis. James submitted the trust-account statement with a sworn statement that he had mailed the statement within the thirty-day period, but the district court received and filed it after the thirty-day period had run.

We conclude that the rule for timely filing applicable to pro se prisoners articulated in Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 , 108 S.Ct. 2379 , 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988), applies to the filing of trust-account statements as required by § 1915(a)(2). See Faile v. Upjohn Co., 988 F.2d 985, 986-88 (9th Cir.1993). Because James submitted a sworn statement that he timely complied with the deadline imposed by the district court, “the district…