UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION

Van Jenkins,

Plaintiff, Case No. 24-12279

v. Judith E. Levy United States District Judge Edward Joe Shoen, et al., Mag. Judge David R. Grand Defendants.

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ORDER TO SUPPLEMENT THE RECORD [2]

Plaintiff Van Jenkins filed the complaint in this matter on August 23, 2024. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff also filed an application to proceed in the district court without prepaying fees or costs on August 23, 2024 (“Application”). (ECF No. 2.) Plaintiff is self-represented or pro se. Federal courts “may authorize the commencement . . . of any suit, action or proceeding . . . without prepayment of fees . . . by a person who submits an affidavit that includes a statement . . . that the person is unable to pay such fees.”

(a)(1). “Inadequate completion of an application to proceed in forma pauperis has been found to be grounds for denial of that application in the Eastern District of Michigan.” Brown v. Berryhill, No. 17-11577,

, at *2 (E.D. Mich. June 8, 2017).

Here, Plaintiff’s Application to proceed in forma pauperis is incomplete. Plaintiff does not fully answer questions 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8 and

instead writes, “see the attached.” (ECF No. 2, PageID.110–111.) Plaintiff does not provide those attachments. Plaintiff also discloses that he receives Supplemental Security Income in response to question 3(f) but

does not describe the amount received and what he expects to receive in the future. (See

PageID.110.) Accordingly, Plaintiff must file a revised application with completed information by January 29, 2025.

IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: January 8, 2025 s/Judith E. Levy Ann Arbor, Michigan JUDITH E. LEVY United States District Judge

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was served upon counsel of record and any unrepresented parties via the Court’s ECF System to their respective email or first-class U.S. mail addresses disclosed on the Notice of Electronic Filing on January 8, 2025.

s/William Barkholz WILLIAM BARKHOLZ Case Manager