Smolich
(PC) Whitfield v. Smolich
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEWAZE LAXOTTER WHITFIELD, No. 2:21-cv-1218 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SMOLICH, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, a county inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s complaint was filed on July 9, 2021. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff has not paid the required filing fee of $350.00 plus the $52.00 administrative fee nor has he filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a) & 1915(a). Plaintiff will be granted thirty (30) days to pay the filing fee in full or submit a properly completed application to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff is cautioned that the in forma pauperis application form includes a section that must be completed by a prison official, and the form must be accompanied by a certified copy of plaintiff’s prison trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of this action. Additionally, the…