Jones, Melvin v. Brown et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
MELVIN JONES,
Plaintiff,
v.
UNIT MANAGER BROWN, et al.
Defendants.
ORDER
Case No. 25-cv-1063-jdp
Plaintiff Melvin Jones has filed a proposed civil complaint and has requested leave to
proceed without prepaying the filing fee. 	To evaluate plaintiff’s request to proceed without
prepayment, I must review a certified copy of plaintiff’s inmate trust fund account statement
(or institutional equivalent) for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the
complaint. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2).
For this case to proceed, plaintiff must submit a certified trust fund account statement
no later than January 26, 2026. 	If I find that plaintiff is indigent, I will calculate an initial
partial payment of the filing fee that plaintiff must pay before the court can screen the
complaint on the merits under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). 	Thereafter, plaintiff will be required
to pay the balance of the filing fee in installments.
ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff Melvin Jones may have until January 26, 2026 to submit
a certified trust fund account statement for the period beginning approximately June 29, 2025
and ending approximately December 29, 2025. 	If plaintiff fails to respond to this order by
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January 26, 2026, then I will assume that plaintiff wishes to withdraw this action voluntarily.
In that event, the case will be dismissed without prejudice to plaintiff refiling at a later date.
Entered this 31st day of December, 2025.
BY THE COURT:
/s/
ANDREW R. WISEMAN
United States Magistrate Judge
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