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ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 4 3 (Illston, Susan) (Filed on 7/18/2012)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California
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In Re.
No. C 12-2802 SI (pr)
ERIC LIGHTER,
ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
Plaintiff/Petitioner.
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Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED. (Docket # 3, # 4.)
The total filing fee due is $350.00. The initial partial filing fee due for the plaintiff at this time
is $5.18. The clerk shall send a copy of this order and the attached instructions to the plaintiff,
the jail's trust account office, and the court's financial office.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: July 18, 2012
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SUSAN ILLSTON
United States District Judge
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAYMENT OF PRISONER'S FILING FEE
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The prisoner shown as the plaintiff or petitioner on the attached order has filed a civil
action in forma pauperis in this court and owes to the court a filing fee. Pursuant to 28
U.S.C. ยง 1915, the fee is to be paid as follows:
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The initial partial filing fee listed on the attached order should be deducted by the
prison trust account office from the prisoner's trust account and forwarded to the
clerk of the court as the first installment payment on the filing fee. This amount
is twenty percent of the greater of (a) the average monthly deposits to the
prisoner's account for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the
complaint/petition or (b) the average monthly balance in the prisoner's account for
the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint/petition.
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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California
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Thereafter, on a monthly basis, 20 percent of the preceding month's income
credited to the prisoner's trust account should be deducted and forwarded to the
court each time the amount in the account exceeds ten dollars ($10.00). The
prison trust account office should continue to do this until the filing fee has been
paid in full.
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If the prisoner does not have sufficient funds in his/her account to pay the initial partial
filing fee, the prison trust account office should forward the available funds, and carry
the balance forward each month until the amount is fully paid.
If the prisoner has filed more than one complaint, (s)he is required to pay a filing fee for
each case. The trust account office should make the monthly calculations and payments
for each case in which it receives an order granting in forma pauperis and these
instructions.
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The prisoner's name and case number must be noted on each remittance. The initial
partial filing fee is due within thirty days of the date of the attached order. Checks should
be made payable to Clerk, U.S. District Court and sent to Prisoner Accounts Receivable,
U.S. District Court, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36060, San Francisco, CA 94102.
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Plaintiff
Finance Office
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