UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA F I L E D

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MELVIN FRANK SHERMAN, l Clark. U.S. District & Bankruptcy

) Courts for the District 01 Co\umbia Plaintiff, ) )

v. ) Civil Action No. ll-l34l ) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION

The Court has allowed the above-captioned action to be provisionally filed. Before the

Court would consider the plaintiff’s complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis, plaintiff was directed to submit a certified copy of his trust fund account statement (or 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

5. To date, plaintiff has not submitted the required 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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