Tabatabaee v. Santoro et al

Filing 6

ORDER GRANTING 5 Motion to Proceed IFP ; ORDER DIRECTING Payment of Inmate Filing Fee by California Department of Corrections, signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Beck on 10/29/14. (60 - Day Deadline) (Attachments: # 1 IFP Application) (Martin-Gill, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ALEX TABATABEE,

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Case No. 1:14-cv-01545 DLB PC

Plaintiff,
v.
K. SANTORO, et al.,
Defendants.

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION
TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
and
ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT
OF INMATE FILING FEE BY
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS

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Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and has requested leave

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to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff has made the showing required

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by § 1915(a) and accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. Plaintiff is

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obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff

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is obligated to make monthly payments in the amount of twenty percent of the proceeding month's

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income credited to plaintiff's trust account. The California Department of Corrections is required to

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send to the Clerk of the Court payments from plaintiff's account each time the amount in the account

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exceeds $10.00, until the statutory filing fee is paid in full. 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 Director of the California Department of Corrections or his designee shall

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collect payments from plaintiff's prison trust account in an amount equal to twenty percent

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(20%) of the preceding month's income credited to the prisoner's trust account and shall

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forward those payments to the Clerk of the Court each time the amount in the account exceeds

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$10.00, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2), until a total of $350.00 has been collected

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

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and case number assigned to this action.
3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and a copy of plaintiff's in

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forma pauperis application on the Director of the California Department of Corrections, via the

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court's electronic case filing system (CM/ECF).

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4. The Clerk of Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial Department,
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Fresno Division.
5. Within sixty (60) days of the date of service of this order, plaintiff shall submit a certified

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copy of his/her prison trust account statement for the six−month period immediately preceding the

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filing of the complaint, if plaintiff has not already done so.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

/s/ Dennis

October 29, 2014

L. Beck

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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