Stewart v. Christianson et al.

Filing 10

ORDER GRANTING 9 Motion to Proceed IFP; ORDER DIRECTING Payment of Inmate Filing Fee by Stanislaus County Jail, signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 8/21/17. (Attachments: # 1 IFP Motion) (Marrujo, C)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GERALD STEWART, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 v. CHRISTIANSON, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Case No. 1:17-cv-00936-BAM (PC) ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS (ECF No. 9) ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF INMATE FILING FEE BY STANISLAUS COUNTY JAIL 17 Plaintiff Gerald Stewart (“Plaintiff”) is appearing pro se in this civil rights action pursuant 18 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff initiated this action on July 1, 2017. (ECF No. 1.) That same day, 19 Plaintiff filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF No. 3.) 20 Plaintiff’s application was not signed or dated, there was no certified copy of Plaintiff’s trust 21 account statement, and the certificate portion of the form was not signed, dated, or filled-out by 22 an authorized officer of the correctional institution. The Court denied the motion without 23 prejudice and ordered Plaintiff to submit a completed form within forty-five (45) days. (ECF No. 24 6.) 25 26 27 28 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s renewed motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 9.) Plaintiff has made the showing required by § 1915(a) and accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of 1 1 $350.00 for this action. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff is obligated to make monthly payments 2 in the amount of twenty percent (20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to Plaintiff’s 3 trust account. The Sheriff of Stanislaus County Jail is required to send to the Clerk of the Court 4 payments from Plaintiff’s trust account each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00, until 5 the statutory filing fee is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). 6 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 7 1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 6) is GRANTED; 8 2. The Sheriff of Stanislaus County Jail or his or her designee shall collect 9 payments from Plaintiff=s prison trust account in an amount equal to twenty per cent 10 (20%) of the preceding month=s income credited to the prisoner=s trust account and 11 shall forward those payments to the Clerk of the Court each time the amount in the 12 account exceeds $10.00, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2), until a total of 13 $350.00 has been collected and forwarded to the Clerk of the Court. The payments 14 shall be clearly identified by the name and number assigned to this action; 15 3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and a copy of 16 Plaintiff=s in forma pauperis application on the Sheriff of Stanislaus County Jail at, Attn: 17 Inmate Trust Account, 250 E. Hackett Road, Modesto, California 95358; and 18 19 20 21 22 4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial Department, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: /s/ Barbara August 21, 2017 A. McAuliffe _ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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