Alexander v. Solano County Detention Facility, et al.

Filing 9

ORDER DIRECTING MONTHLY PAYMENTS signed by Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney on 1/22/14 ORDERING the Sheriff of Solano County to collect and forward payment from the trust account of James S. Alexander to the court until the fee is paid in full . Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and a copy of plaintiffs signed in forma pauperis affidavit on the Sheriff of Solano County; Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial Department of the court. (cc Financial)(Dillon, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JAMES S. ALEXANDER,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

No. 2:13-cv-2566 GEB CKD P

ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF INMATE
FILING FEE

SOLANO COUNTY DETENTION
FACILITY, et al.,
Defendants.

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To: The Sheriff of Solano County, Attention: Inmate Trust Account, 500 Union Avenue,

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Fairfield, California, 94533:

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Plaintiff, a pretrial detainee proceeding in forma pauperis, is obligated to pay the statutory

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filing fee of $350.00 for this action. Plaintiff is assessed an initial partial filing fee of 20 percent

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of the greater of (a) the average monthly deposits to plaintiff’s trust account; or (b) the average

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monthly balance in plaintiff’s account for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of

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this action. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Upon payment of that initial partial filing fee, plaintiff will

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be obligated to make monthly payments in the amount of twenty percent of the preceding month’s

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income credited to plaintiff’s trust account. The Solano County Sheriff is required to send to the

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Clerk of the Court the initial partial filing fee and thereafter payments from plaintiff’s inmate trust

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

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$350.00 is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).
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Good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. The Sheriff of Solano County or a designee shall collect from plaintiff’s prison trust

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account an initial partial filing fee in accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) as

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set forth in this order and shall forward the amount to the Clerk of the Court. The payment shall

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be clearly identified by the name and number assigned to this action.

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2. Thereafter, the Sheriff of Solano County or a designee shall collect from plaintiff’s

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inmate trust account monthly payments from plaintiff’s inmate trust account in an amount equal

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to twenty percent (20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to the inmate’s trust account

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and forward payments to the Clerk of the 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 the $350.00 filing fee for this action has

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been paid in full. The payments shall be clearly identified by the name and number assigned to

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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 plaintiff’s

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signed in forma pauperis affidavit on the Sheriff of Solano County, Attention: Inmate Trust

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Account, 500 Union Avenue, Fairfield, California, 94533.

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

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Department of the court.

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Dated: January 22, 2014

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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