Lewis v. IRS et al

Filing 3

ORDER GRANTING #2 Motion to Proceed IFP, signed by Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean on 11/17/2021. (Attachments: #1 IFP Application)(Martin-Gill, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DEANDRE LEWIS,

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Plaintiff,

Case No. 1:21-cv-01653-NONE-EPG
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

v.
(ECF No. 2)
IRS, et al.,

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Defendant.

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Plaintiff Deandre Lewis is a prisoner proceeding pro se in this action and has requested

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leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF No. 2). Plaintiff has made

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the requisite showing required by § 1915(a) and accordingly, his application to proceed in forma

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pauperis will be granted.

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Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. 28 U.S.C.

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§ 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff is obligated to make monthly payments in the amount of twenty percent

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(20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to Plaintiff’s trust account. The California

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Department of Corrections is required to send to the Clerk of Court payments from Plaintiff’s

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account each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00, until the statutory filing fee is paid

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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 (ECF No. 2) is GRANTED;

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2. The Director of the California Department of Corrections or his designee

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shall collect payments from Plaintiff’s prison trust account in an amount

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equal to twenty percent (20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to

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the prisoner’s trust account and shall forward those payments to the Clerk of

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Court each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00, in accordance with

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28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2), until a total of $350.00 has been collected and

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

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the name and case 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

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Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis application on the Director of the California
Department of Corrections, via the court’s electronic case filing system

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(CM/ECF).

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4. The Clerk of Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial

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Department, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

November 17, 2021

/s/
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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