Jacobsen v. Maldinado

Filing 6

ORDER granting 5 Motion to Proceed IFP signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 2/6/2017. (Attachments: # 1 IFP Application) (Lundstrom, T)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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1:17-cv-00101-BAM (PC)

MICHAEL JACOBSEN,

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ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

Plaintiff,

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v.

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MALDINADO,

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(ECF No. 5)
ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT
OF INMATE FILING FEE BY THE SHERIFF
OF FRESNO COUNTY JAIL

Defendant.

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Plaintiff Michael Jacobsen (“Plaintiff”) is a pretrial detainee proceeding pro se under 42

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U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff initiated this action on January 23, 2017. (ECF No. 1.) Currently before

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the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915.
Plaintiff has made the showing required by § 1915(a) and accordingly, the request to

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proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of

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$350.00 for this action. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff is obligated to make monthly payments

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in the amount of twenty percent (20%) of the preceding month=s income credited to Plaintiff=s

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trust account. The Sheriff of Fresno County Jail is required to send to the Clerk of the Court

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

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statutory filing fee is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).
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Accordingly, the Court HEREBY ORDERS that:

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1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis, filed on February 1, 2017
(ECF No. 5), is GRANTED;
2. The Sheriff of Fresno County Jail or his designee shall collect payments from

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

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preceding month=s income credited to the prisoner=s trust account and shall forward

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

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

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been collected and forwarded to the Clerk of the Court. The payments shall be

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clearly identified 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 Sheriff of 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.
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.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

/s/ Barbara

February 6, 2017

A. McAuliffe

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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