OLIVER v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
VALDOSTA DIVISION
ANTHONY OLIVER, :
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Plaintiff, :
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v. : Case No. 7:25-cv-120-WLS-ALS
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF :
CORRECTIONS, et al., :
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Defendants. :
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ORDER
Plaintiff Anthony Oliver, a pro se inmate currently confined at Valdosta State Prison in
Valdosta, Georgia, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action and moved to proceed in forma pauperis
(“IFP”). (Docs. 1, 2). She1 did not use the required form or provide a certified copy of her trust
fund account statement, both of which are necessary before the Court can perform the required
preliminary review under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a).
Before this Court can proceed with its analysis of Plaintiff’s claim, she must file her
complaint on the required § 1983 form. The form must be completed in full. The Court is aware
that Plaintiff has previously been declared a vexatious litigant, who has filed numerous, frivolous
lawsuits in various federal courts. See Oliver v. State, 364 Ga. App. 828, 832, 876 S.E.2d 34 (Ga.
Ct. App. 2022) (noting that during her criminal trial, the “State introduced other act evidence of
suits filed by Oliver against third parties in California and a federal court order declaring h[er] to
be a vexatious litigant subject to pre-filing procedures”); Oliver v. Ameris Bank, No. 21-13005,
2023 WL 6159997, at *1 n.2 (11th Cir. Sept. 21, 2023) (citations omitted) (noting that Oliver has
1 Plaintiff states that she uses the pronouns “her” and “she.” (Doc. 1, at 1 n.2).
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been declared a “vexatious litigant” by the United States District Court for the Southern District
of Georgia and “Oliver has also been identified as a vexatious litigant in the Central District of
California”). Plaintiff must disclose her FULL litigation history in response to questions four, five,
six, seven, and eight on the required § 1983 form. Plaintiff is warned that failure to fully and
truthfully disclose her past litigation will result in the dismissal of this action.
Plaintiff may attach to her complaint any number of additional pages that are necessary for
her to FULLY disclose her litigation history. However, except for the pages necessary for the full
disclosure of her litigation history, the complaint is limited to ten (10) pages.2 Plaintiff may not
write on both sides of any additional pages she includes with the § 1983 form. Plaintiff must write
legibly. If the Court cannot read the complaint, it will be dismissed. Plaintiff must identify by name
all Defendants she seeks to sue in the heading of her complaint. In the Statement of Claim section
(Section V, numbered paragraph 13 on the complaint form), Plaintiff should list each Defendant
again and tell the Court exactly how and when each of the named Defendants supposedly violated
Plaintiff’s constitutional or federal statutory rights. Again, Plaintiff’s complaint must not exceed a
total of ten (10) pages, as discussed above.
Plaintiff included an uncertified partial copy of her trust fund account statement with her
motion to proceed IFP. (Doc. 2-1). However, the Prison Litigation Reform Act requires a prisoner
to file a certified copy of his or her trust fund account statement for the six months “immediately
preceding the filing of the complaint.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Thus, Plaintiff’s motion to proceed
IFP is incomplete. She must submit (1) an affidavit in support of her claim of indigence and (2) “a
certified copy of [her] trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for the prisoner for
the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint[.]” Id. § 1915(a)(1)-(2).
2 In other words, the standard § 1983 form is six pages in length. Plaintiff may include four additional pages in which
she sets forth her claim or claims.
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Accordingly, Plaintiff is ORDERED to submit the completed 42 U.S.C. § 1983 form and
a proper motion to proceed without the prepayment of the filing fee, which should include a
certified copy of her trust fund account statement. The Clerk is DIRECTED to provide Plaintiff
with a copy of the appropriate forms (with the civil action number written on them). Plaintiff shall
have FOURTEEN (14) DAYS from the date shown on this Order to comply. Plaintiff is further
ORDERED to notify the Court immediately in writing of any change of address. If Plaintiff does
not timely and fully comply with this Order, this action will be dismissed. There shall be no service
of process in this case until further order of the Court.
SO ORDERED, this 3rd day of November, 2025.
s/ ALFREDA L. SHEPPARD
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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