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Piainiiff, )

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v ) Civil Action No. 13-1489

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT )
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Defendant. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

The Court has allowed the above-captioned action to be provisionally filed. Before the
Court would consider the plaintiffs complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis, the
plaintiff was directed to submit a certified copy of his trust fund account statement (0r
institutional equivalent), including the supporting ledger sheets, for the six-month period
immediately preceding the filing of this complaint, obtained from the appropriate official of each
prison at which plaintiff is or was confined. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(21)(2). To date, the plaintiff has
not submitted the required financial information Accordingly, the Court will deny his
application to proceed in forma pauperis and will dismiss the complaint without prejudice.

An Order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.

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