Michael Jacobsen v. Pool

Filing 6

ORDER Granting 5 Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and ORDER Directing Payment of Inmate Filing Fee by Fresno County Jail, signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 12/13/16. (Attachments: # 1 Motion for IFP) (Gonzalez, R)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

Plaintiff,

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1:16-cv-01760-BAM (PC)

MICHAEL JACOBSEN,

v.

(ECF No. 5)

KIRK POOL,

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and
Defendant.

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT
OF INMATE FILING FEE BY FRESNO
COUNTY JAIL

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Plaintiff Michael Jacobsen (“Plaintiff”) is a county prisoner proceeding pro se under 42

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U.S.C. § 1983, and has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915.

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

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forma pauperis will be granted. Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for

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this action. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff is obligated to make monthly payments in the

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amount of twenty percent of the preceding month=s income credited to Plaintiff=s trust account.

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The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office/Jail is required to send to the Clerk of the Court payments

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from Plaintiff=s account each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00, until the statutory

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filing fee is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).

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Good cause appearing, the Court HEREBY ORDERS 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 Fresno County Jail or his designee shall collect payments

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from Plaintiff=s prison trust account in an amount equal to twenty per cent (20%) of

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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

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account exceeds $10.00, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2), until a total of

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$350.00 has been collected and forwarded to the Clerk of the Court. The payments

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shall be clearly identified by the name and number assigned to this action.
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 Director of the Fresno County Jail, via the

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court's electronic case filing system (CM/ECF).
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Department, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division.
5. Within sixty (60) days of the date of service of this order, Plaintiff shall submit a

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

certified copy of his prison trust account statement for the six-month period immediately
preceding the filing of the complaint, if Plaintiff has not already done so.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

/s/ Barbara

December 13, 2016

A. McAuliffe

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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