IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2005-001 PA/PI-CIR
RE: INMATE INDIGENCE ELIGIBILITY
In order to more effectively comply with the requirements of section 57.085, Fla. Stat., and to update the forms based upon statutory changes, it is hereby
ORDERED:
1.
Any prisoner who initiates or intervenes in a judicial proceeding and
seeks to defer the prepayment of court costs and fees must file an affidavit of
indigence with the Clerk of Court. The
affidavit must contain the information included in the attached Affidavit of Indigent Status.
2.
Any prisoner who initiates or intervenes in a judicial proceeding and
seeks to defer the prepayment of court costs and fees must also file an
Affidavit of Prior Litigation by Prisoner.
The Affidavit must contain the information included in the attached Affidavit of Prior Litigation by Prisoner.
3. When a prisoner seeks to defer the prepayment
of court costs the Clerk of Court shall review the Affidavit of Indigence and
the Affidavit of Prior Litigation by Prisoner before the case can be
filed. The Clerk shall indicate on the
Order on Inmate Indigence Eligibility whether the prisoner has been determined
to be indigent at least twice in the preceding three years and whether the
prisoner appears to be indigent.
4.
The attached Order on Inmate Indigence
Eligibility shall be presented by the Pinellas Clerk of Court to a
Civil Administrative Judge and by the Pasco Clerk of Court to the Pasco
Administrative Judge.
5.
The attached Order on Inmate Indigence Eligibility may be modified by
the Court without further modification to this administrative order.
DONE AND ORDERED
in Chambers at
______________________________
David
A. Demers, Chief Judge
cc: All Judges
The Honorable
The
Honorable
The Honorable
The Honorable
Betty Henderson, Assistant Court
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