Johnson, Jr. v. California Forensic Medical Group et al

Filing 6

ORDER GRANTING Application to Proceed IFP 2 and ORDER DIRECTING Payment of Inmate Fee by the Sheriff of Stanislaus County, signed by Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean on 6/12/17. (Attachments: # 1 IFP Application) (Hellings, J)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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1:17-cv-00755 EPG (PC)

AYLWIN JOHNSON, JR.,
Plaintiff,

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ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
(ECF NO. 2)

v.
CALIFORNIA FORENSIC MEDICAL
GROUP, et al.,

and
ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT
OF INMATE FILING FEE BY THE SHERIFF
OF STANISLAUS COUNTY

Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42

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

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§ 1915 (ECF No. 2). Plaintiff has made the showing required by § 1915(a)(1), and accordingly,

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

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

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

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credited to Plaintiff=s trust account. The Sheriff of Stanislaus County is required to send to the

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Clerk of Court payments from Plaintiff=s account each time the amount in the account exceeds

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$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
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ORDERED that:

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

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2. The Sheriff of Stanislaus County 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 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

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

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identified by the name and number assigned to this action.

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3. The Clerk of Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and a copy of Plaintiff=s

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application to proceed in forma pauperis on the Sheriff of Stanislaus County, via mail at

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250 E Hackett Road, Modesto, CA 95358.
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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 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:

June 12, 2017

/s/
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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