Paez, Jr. v. Health

Filing 4

ORDER GRANTING 2 Motion to Proceed IFP and ORDER DIRECTING Payment of Inmate Filing Fee by Fresno County Jail, signed by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng on 03/07/2017. (Attachments: # 1 IFP Application) (60-Day Deadline)(Martin-Gill, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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1:17-cv-00285 MJS (PC)

GUILLERMO G. PAEZ, JR.,
Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

v.
CORIZON HEALTH,

(ECF No. 2)

Defendant.
and

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ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT
OF INMATE FILING FEE BY FRESNO
COUNTY JAIL

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Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983 and has
requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 1915.

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Plaintiff has made the showing required by ' 1915(a) and accordingly, the request

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to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. Plaintiff remains obligated to pay the

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statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. 28 U.S.C. ' 1915(b)(1). He must make

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monthly payments in the amount of twenty percent of the preceding month=s income

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credited to his trust account. The Fresno County Jail is required to send to the Clerk of

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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 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%)

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of the preceding month=s income credited to the prisoner=s trust account

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and shall forward those payments to the Clerk of the Court each time the

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amount in the account exceeds $10.00, in accordance with 28 U.S.C.

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' 1915(b)(2), until a total of $350.00 has been collected and forwarded to the

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

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

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of plaintiff=s in forma pauperis application on the Fresno County Jail, via the
court's electronic case filing system (CM/ECF).
4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the

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Financial Department, U.S.
Sacramento Division.

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

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District Court, Eastern District of California,

submit a 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.

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Dated:

March 7, 2017

/s/

Michael J. Seng

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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