Phillips v. Lancaster County Corrections et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
IAN JON PHILLIPS,
Plaintiff,
vs.
LANCASTER 	COUNTY
CORRECTIONS, 	County 	Jail; 	and
BORIS 	KAPOR, 	Adult 	Detention
Officer (correctional officer);
Defendants.
8:25CV691
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on its own motion. 	Plaintiff filed a
Complaint, Filing No. 1, on December 4, 2025. 	However, Plaintiff failed to
include the $405.00 filing and administrative fees. 	Plaintiff has the choice of
either submitting the $405.00 filing and administrative fees to the Clerk’s
office or submitting a request to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”).1 Failure to
take either action within 30 days will result in the Court dismissing this case
without further notice to Plaintiff.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that:
1 If Plaintiff is granted leave to proceed IFP in this matter, he will be allowed to pay the Court’s
$350 filing fee in installments. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1); In re Tyler, 110 F.3d 528, 529–30 (8th
Cir. 1997). 	He would not be subject to the $55.00 administrative fee assessed to non-IFP
plaintiffs. Prisoner plaintiffs are required to pay the full amount of the Court’s $350.00 filing fee
by making monthly payments to the Court, even if the prisoner is proceeding IFP. 28 U.S.C. §
1915(b).
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1. 	Plaintiff is directed to submit the $405.00 fees to the Clerk’s office
or submit a request to proceed in forma pauperis within 30 days. 	Failure to
take either action will result in dismissal of this matter without further notice.
2. 	The Clerk of the Court is directed to send to Plaintiff the Form
AO240 (“Application to Proceed Without Prepayment of Fees and Affidavit”).
3. 	The Clerk of the Court is directed to set a pro se case management
deadline in this matter with the following text: January 7, 2026: Check for
MIFP or payment.
Dated this 8th day of December, 2025.
BY THE COURT:
John M. Gerrard
Senior United States District Judge
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