Kendrick v. Winfrey

Background

De'Andre Kendrick filed this civil action without paying the filing fees and without submitting a completed application to proceed without prepaying fees, commonly called an IFP application, or a prisoner authorization. The order states that Kendrick is incarcerated at the Indiana Department of Correction and is proceeding without a lawyer.

Payment or fee-waiver requirements

The court explained that a prisoner filing a civil action must either pay $405 in fees or submit the required documents to request permission to proceed without prepaying fees. The $405 includes a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee. If the court grants the fee-waiver application, the $350 filing fee must still be paid in installments deducted from the prisoner's account. The prisoner authorization permits the facility to make those deductions and requires certified account statements for the preceding six months.

Order

The court ordered Kendrick, within 30 days of the order, to either pay the $405 or submit the attached fee-waiver application and prisoner authorization labeled with docket number 25-CV-9038 (LTS). The court stated that no answer was required from the defendants at that time. If Kendrick complies, the case will be processed under the Clerk's Office procedures; if he does not comply within the deadline, the action will be dismissed. The court also certified that an appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees. The order did not decide the underlying claims.