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United States District Court Central District of California

This document is a form for prisoners to request to proceed without prepayment of filing fees in a court case. It includes instructions for completing the form based on the prisoner's place of incarceration and requires the declaration of financial status under penalty of perjury. The form also outlines the necessary information regarding income, assets, and dependents, as well as the authorization for prison officials to provide financial statements to the court.

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United States District Court Central District of California

This document is a form for prisoners to request to proceed without prepayment of filing fees in a court case. It includes instructions for completing the form based on the prisoner's place of incarceration and requires the declaration of financial status under penalty of perjury. The form also outlines the necessary information regarding income, assets, and dependents, as well as the authorization for prison officials to provide financial statements to the court.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CASE NUMBER

PLAINTIFF/PETITIONER
V.

PRISONER'S REQUEST TO PROCEED WITHOUT


PREPAYMENT OF FILING FEES WITH DECLARATION
IN SUPPORT
DEFENDANT(S)

INSTRUCTIONS: This form has two sections. Everyone who submits this form to the Court must complete Section 1,
answering all questions and signing to declare, under penalty of perjury, that the answers given are true. Whether Section
2 must be completed depends on the institution where you are confined. If you are incarcerated at:
PLACE OF INCARCERATION INSTRUCTIONS
California State Prison, Los Angeles County DO NOT COMPLETE SECTION 2. Leave Section 2 blank. Do NOT have the
California Men's Colony institution fill out Section 2 and do NOT attach a certified copy of your prison
California Institution for Men trust account statement. After you submit this application, the Court will (if
California Institution for Women
necessary for your case) direct the California Department of Corrections &
California Rehabilitation Center
Rehabilitation to submit a certified prison trust account statement for you directly
Chuckwalla Valley State Prison
Ironwood State Prison to the Court.
Have your institution COMPLETE SECTION 2 and return the signed form and a
ANY OTHER INSTITUTION certified copy of your prison trust account statement to you. Send the signed form
and the certified trust account statement to the Court with your complaint.

SECTION 1
1. Where are you currently incarcerated?
2. Are you currently employed in prison? Yes No
If the answer is yes, state the number of hours you work per week and the hourly rate of pay:

3. Have you received, within the past twelve months, any money from any of the following sources?
Business, profession or form of self-employment? Yes No
Rent payments, interest or dividends? Yes No
Pensions, annuities or life insurance payments? Yes No
Gifts or inheritances? Yes No
Any other income (other than listed above)? Yes No
Loans? Yes No
If the answer to any of the above is yes, describe such source of money and state the amount received from
each source during the past twelve (12) months:

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4. Do you own any cash, or do you have money in a checking or savings account? (Include any funds in prison
accounts, if applicable.) Yes No

If the answer is yes, identify each account and separately state the amount of money held in each account for
each of the six (6) months prior to the date of this declaration.

5. Do you own any real estate, stocks, bonds, notes, automobiles, or other valuable property (excluding ordinary
household furnishings and clothing)? Yes No

If the answer is yes, describe the property and state its approximate value:

6. In what year did you last file an Income Tax Return?


Approximately how much income did your last tax return reflect?

7. List the persons who are dependent upon you for support, state your relationship to those persons, and indicate
how much you contribute toward their support:

DECLARATION AND AUTHORIZATION

By signing below, I declare under penalty of perjury that:


1. I am the plaintiff/petitioner in this case;
2. because of my poverty, I am unable to pay the full costs of these proceedings or to give security therefor;
3. I believe that I am entitled to redress; and
4. all answers given above are true, correct, and complete.

I understand that a false statement or answer to any question in this declaration may subject me to penalties for
perjury, which is punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to five (5) years and/or a fine of $250,000.

I also understand that, unless my request to proceed without prepayment of filing fees relates to a petition for habeas
corpus relief, if my request is granted I will be required to pay the full amount of the filing fees for this case in
installments over time, regardless of my forma pauperis status or whether I am successful in this case. I therefore
authorize the prison officials at this institution to assess, collect, and forward to the Court the full amount of these fees,
in monthly payments based on the average of deposits to or balance in my prison trust account, as provided in 28
U.S.C. § 1915.

I also authorize my institution to provide to the Court a certified copy of my prison trust account statement, for
activity covering the last six months, if the Court contacts my institution to request this information.

Please indicate the city or county and the state where you are located at the time you sign this declaration, then date and
sign below.

City or County State


I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on:

Date Plaintiff/Petitioner (Signature)

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SECTION 2

DO NOT COMPLETE THIS SECTION IF


THE PLAINTIFF/PETITIONER IS INCARCERATED AT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:

California State Prison, Los Angeles County


California Men's Colony
California Institution for Men
California Institution for Women
California Rehabilitation Center
Chuckwalla Valley State Prison
Ironwood State Prison

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZED OFFICER

I hereby certify that , the Plaintiff in this case, has credit in the
sum of $ on account at , the
institution where Plaintiff is confined.

I further certify that during the past six months the Plaintiff's average monthly balance was $ . I further
certify that during the past six months the average of monthly deposits to the Plaintiff's account was $ .

A certified copy of the Plaintiff's trust account statement for the last six (6) months is attached.

Date Authorized Officer of Institution (Signature)

Authorized Officer of Institution (Print Name)

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