Williams v. Davidson

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA DUBLIN DIVISION MICHEAL OSHEY WILLIAMS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CV 323-044 ) SHERIFF SIM DAVIDSON, ) ) Defendant. ) _________ O R D E R _________ On June 9, 2023, the Court granted Plaintiff, an inmate at Telfair County Jail, permission to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) conditioned on his return of a Prisoner Trust Fund Account Statement and Consent to Collection of Fees form. (See doc. no. 5.) Plaintiff has returned his Consent to Collection of Fees form, (doc. no. 6), but he states jail officials will not return the Trust Fund Account Statement he provided to them, (see doc. no. 7, p. 2).

Plaintiff cannot proceed IFP unless he submits the requisite Trust Fund Account Statement and consents to the collection of the entire $350.00 filing fee in installments. Wilson v. Sargent, 313 F.3d 1315, 1319-20 (11th Cir. 2002). Plaintiff shall have until July 17, 2023, to submit the required Prisoner Trust Fund Account Statement signed by an authorized jail official. Failure to return the required paperwork will be an election to have this case dismissed without prejudice.

To ensure that jail officials have received the Trust Fund Account Statement, the Court DIRECTS the CLERK to serve this Order on Plaintiff’s custodian and to include a Prisoner Trust Fund Account Statement with that service copy. The Court is confident that jail officials will expeditiously fill out the form and return it to Plaintiff. Plaintiff must then return the Trust Fund Account Statement to the Court by no later than July 17, 2023.

SO ORDERED this 21st day of June, 2023, at Augusta, Georgia.

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA