Mason v. Corizon Health Care

Filing 4

ORDER Granting 2 Motion to Proceed IFP signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 05/21/2018. (Flores, E)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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EDWARD WAYNE MASON,

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Case No. 1:18-cv-00676-BAM (PC)

Plaintiff,

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ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
(ECF No. 2)

v.

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CORIZON HEALTH CARE,

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Defendant.

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF
INMATE FILING FEE BY FRESNO
COUNTY JAIL

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Plaintiff Edward Wayne Mason (“Plaintiff”) is a county jail inmate appearing pro se in

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this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff initiated this action on May 17,

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2018, together with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF

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No. 2.)
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 Fresno County Jail is required to send to the Clerk of the Court payments from

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Plaintiff’s trust 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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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) is GRANTED;

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2. The Sheriff of Fresno County Jail or her 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 the Fresno County Jail, via the

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Court’s electronic case filing system (CM/ECF); and

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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.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

/s/ Barbara

May 21, 2018

A. McAuliffe

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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