(PC) Brooks v. Cassie

Filing 3

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson on 02/17/2023 DIRECTING Plaintiff to submit IFP application or required filing fee of $402 within 30 days. (Spichka, K.)

Case 2:23-cv-00294-JDP Document 3 Filed 02/21/23 Page 1 of 2
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WILLIAM LEE BROOKS, II,

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Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 2:23-cv-00294-JDP (PC)
ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE
AN APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN
FORMA PAUPERIS OR PAY THE FILING
FEE

DANIEL CASSIE,

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Defendant.

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42

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U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has not, however, filed an in forma pauperis affidavit or paid the

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required filing fee of $350.00 plus the $52.00 administrative fee.1 See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a),

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1915(a). Plaintiff will be provided the opportunity either to submit the appropriate affidavit in

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support of a request to proceed in forma pauperis or to submit the required fees totaling $402.00.

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In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Plaintiff shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, an affidavit in

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support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided by the Clerk of Court,

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or the required fees in the amount of $402.00; plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will

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If leave to file in forma pauperis is granted, plaintiff will still be required to pay the
filing fee but will be allowed to pay it in installments. Litigants proceeding in forma pauperis are
not required to pay the $52.00 administrative fee.
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result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed; and

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2. The Clerk of Court is directed to send plaintiff a new Application to Proceed In Forma
Pauperis By a Prisoner.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

February 17, 2023

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JEREMY D. PETERSON
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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