(PC) Johnson v. Phong

Filing 13

ORDER DIRECTING MONTHLY PAYMENTS be made from Prison Account of Maurice Johnson signed by Magistrate Judge Sean C. Riordan on 3/10/2025. The Sheriff of Sacramento County is to collect payments from plaintiff's account and forward to the Clerk until the $350 filing fee is paid in full. Clerk to serve this order and a copy of plaintiff's IFP on the Sheriff of Sacramento County. (cc: Financial) (Deputy Clerk HAH)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MAURICE JOHNSON,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

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ALVIN PHONG,

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No. 2:24-cv-2377-SCR

ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF INMATE
FILING FEE
Defendant.

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To: The Sheriff of Sacramento County, Attention: Inmate Trust Account, 651 I Street,

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Sacramento, California 95814:

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Plaintiff, a county jail inmate proceeding in forma pauperis, is obligated to pay the

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

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twenty percent (20%) of the greater of (a) the average monthly deposits to plaintiff’s trust

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account; or (b) the average monthly balance in plaintiff’s account for the 6-month period

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immediately preceding the filing of this action. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Upon payment of that

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initial partial filing fee, plaintiff will be obligated to make monthly payments in the amount of

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

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Sacramento County Sheriff is required to send to the Clerk of the Court the initial partial filing

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fee and thereafter payments from plaintiff’s inmate trust account each time the amount in the

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account exceeds $10.00, until the statutory filing fee of $350.00 is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. §
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1915(b)(2).

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Good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. The Sheriff of Sacramento County or a designee shall collect from plaintiff’s inmate

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trust account an initial partial filing fee in accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C.

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§ 1915(b)(1) as set forth in this order and shall forward the amount to the Clerk of the Court. The

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

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2. Thereafter, the Sheriff of Sacramento County or a designee shall collect from

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plaintiff’s inmate trust account monthly payments in an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of

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the preceding month’s income credited to the inmate’s trust account and forward payments to the

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Clerk of the Court each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00 in accordance with 28

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U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2), until the $350.00 filing fee for this action has been paid in full. The

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payments shall be 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 plaintiff’s

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

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Account, 651 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814.

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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 March 10, 2025

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