Woods v. Martin et al

Filing 3

ORDER GRANTING 2 Motion to Proceed IFP signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 10/11/2013. (Attachments: # 1 IFP Motion) (Jessen, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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KIPP ARON WOODS,

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Plaintiff,

CASE No. 1:13-cv-01621-AWI-SAB
ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

v.
SHANNON LESLIE MARTIN, et al.,

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ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT
OF INMATE FILING FEE BY
CALIFORNIA MEN’S COLONY, EAST

Defendants.
(ECF No. 2)

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Plaintiff, Kipp Aron Woods is a prisoner proceeding pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983

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and has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff has

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made the showing required by § 1915(a) and accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis

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will be granted. Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. 28

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U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff is obligated to make monthly payments in the amount of twenty

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percent of the preceding month’s income credited to plaintiff’s trust account. The California

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Men’s Colony, East is required to send to the Clerk of the Court payments from plaintiff’s account

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each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00, until the statutory filing fee is paid in full.

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28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).

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In accordance with the above and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that:

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1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED;

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2. The Warden of the California Men’s Colony East or his designee shall

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collect payments from plaintiff’s prison trust account in an amount equal to

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twenty per cent (20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to the

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prisoner’s trust account and shall forward those payments to the Clerk of the

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Court each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00, in accordance with

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28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2), until a total of $350.00 has been collected and

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forwarded to the Clerk of the Court. The payments shall be clearly identified

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by the name and number assigned to this action;

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3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and a copy of

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plaintiff’s in forma pauperis application on the Warden of the California Men’s

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Colony, East, via the court's electronic case filing system (CM/ECF);

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4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial

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Department, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Sacramento

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Division; and

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5. Within sixty (60) days of the date of service of this order, plaintiff shall submit a

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certified copy of his prison trust account statement for the six-month period

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immediately preceding the filing of the complaint, if plaintiff has not already done

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so.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

October 11, 2013

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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