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POSTLEWAITE v. TREDWAY, 14-cv-930-JPG-PMF. (2015)

Court: District Court, S.D. Illinois Number: infdco20150930e08 Visitors: 15
Filed: Sep. 29, 2015
Latest Update: Sep. 29, 2015
Summary: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER J. PHIL GILBERT , District Judge . This matter comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation ("Report") (Doc. 40) of Magistrate Judge Philip M. Frazier recommending that the Court dismiss plaintiff Jarvis Lamar Postlewaite's case without prejudice for failure to timely pay the full initial partial filing fee of $10.07. As of today, Postlewaite has paid nothing toward his initial partial filing fee. Postlewaite has objected to the Report, arguing that he canno
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

This matter comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation ("Report") (Doc. 40) of Magistrate Judge Philip M. Frazier recommending that the Court dismiss plaintiff Jarvis Lamar Postlewaite's case without prejudice for failure to timely pay the full initial partial filing fee of $10.07. As of today, Postlewaite has paid nothing toward his initial partial filing fee. Postlewaite has objected to the Report, arguing that he cannot provide an inmate trust fund statement to the Court because he recently transferred to a different prison and his trust fund account has not yet caught up with him at the new prison.

The Court may accept, reject or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations of the magistrate judge in a report and recommendation. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3). The Court must review de novo the portions of the report to which objections are made. Id. "If no objection or only partial objection is made, the district court judge reviews those unobjected portions for clear error." Johnson v. Zema Sys. Corp., 170 F.3d 734, 739 (7th Cir. 1999).

The Court has reviewed the matter de novo and agrees with Magistrate Judge Frazier for the reasons set forth in the Report. Postlewaite's inmate trust fund statement is no longer an issue. An initial partial filing fee has been assessed, and he must pay it to proceed with this litigation. However, since Postlewaite may have had some trouble arranging that payment due to his recent transfer, the Court will extend his deadline for payment for another brief period.

Accordingly, the Court ORDERS that Postlewaite shall have up to and including October 23, 2015, to pay the $10.07 initial partial filing fee in full. If he does not timely pay this sum, the Court may adopt the Report and dismiss this case without prejudice without further notice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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