White v. Washtenaw County Jail

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

SOUTHERN DIVISION

SHANE ALLEN WHITE,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 2:20-CV-13363 v. HON. GEORGE CARAM STEEH WASHTENAW CO. JAIL, et al.,

Defendants. ___________________________/

OPINION AND ORDER DISMISSING CASE

Washtenaw County Jail inmate Shane Allen White (“plaintiff”) has filed a pro se civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as well as an application to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee. In his application, the plaintiff states that he receives $1,500 per month in a veteran’s pension/disability and that he has about $7,000 in a bank account with current financial obligations of $90 per month for a storage unit and $500 per month for his son, as well unidentified debt of $21,000. ECF No. 2, PageID.22-23. The plaintiff did not sign his application, nor did he submit a Certificate of Prisoner Institutional/Trust Fund Account Activity. The Court concludes from the financial data that the plaintiff fails to establish indigence and that he can pay the $350.00 filing fee and the $52.00 administrative fee for this action. Accordingly, the Court DENIES his application to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee and DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE his complaint. The Court is required to dismiss the case because the allegation of poverty is untrue. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(A). The plaintiff may submit a new civil rights complaint with payment of the filing fee and administrative fee in a new case. This case will not be reopened.

Lastly, the Court concludes that an appeal from this decision cannot be taken in good faith. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3); Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438, 445 (1962). This case is closed. No further pleadings should be filed in this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED. s/George Caram Steeh

GEORGE CARAM STEEH

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Dated: January 14, 2021

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

Copies of this Order were served upon attorneys of record on January 14, 2021, by electronic and/or ordinary mail and also on Shane Allen White #300765051070, Washtenaw County Jail.

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