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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI 
EASTERN DIVISION 
 
FABRICE LEWIS, ) 
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               Plaintiff, ) 
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          vs. )  Case No. 4:26-cv-00224-MTS 
 ) 
CREVE COEUR COUNTY ) 
POLICE DEPT., et al., ) 
 ) 
               Defendants. ) 
 
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER 
 This matter is before the Court on review of Plaintiff Fabrice Lewis ’s Application to 
Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs .  Doc. [ 3].  Plaintiff failed to 
include with his Application  a certified copy of his  trust fund account statement for the 6-
month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint  on February 13, 2026.  28 
U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2).  The statement Plaintiff provided was not certified and did not cover the 
required 6-month period.  See  Doc. [4].  The Court therefore must deny his Motion.  It will 
deny it, though, without prejudice and provide Plaintiff time to either prepay the $405 filing 
fee in full or file an application to proceed in district court without prepaying fees or costs  
along with a certified copy of his  trust fund account statement for August 13, 2025 through 
February 13, 2026, obtained from the appropriate official of each place  at which Plaintiff  is 
or was confined.*   
Accordingly, 
 
* In addition, the Court will deny Plaintiff ’s Motion to Appoint Counsel  since, for the reasons 
discussed herein, he has not shown that he is unable to afford counsel .  See  28 U.S.C. 
§ 1915(e)(1). 
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed in District Court 
Without Prepaying Fees or Costs , Doc. [3], is DENIED without prejudice.  Plaintiff is given 
through Friday, July 10, 2026, within which to either pay the full amount of the filing fee or 
to file an application to proceed in district court without prepaying fees or costs in 
compliance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), (2) as discussed in this Memorandum and Order.  If 
Plaintiff fails to timely do so, the Court will dismiss this action without further notice.   
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Appoint Counsel, Doc. [2], 
is DENIED without prejudice. 
Dated this 11th day of June 2025. 
  
              
MATTHEW T. SCHELP 
      UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
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