Burke v. St. Louis City Jails et al

Filing 62

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER...IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiffs motion for inmate funds [ECF No. 56 ] is DENIED without prejudice. Signed by District Judge Ronnie L. White on 11/10/2015. (NEB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION

CALVIN BURKE,
Plaintiff,
V.

ST. LOUIS CITY JAILS , et al. ,
Defendants,

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No. 4:14CV2107 RLW

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

This matter is before the Court on plaintiffs motion for an order directing the Missouri
Department of Corrections to deduct the Court' s filing fees from his prison account in
accordance with 28 U.S .C. § 1915(b)(2). He claims that the Department is deducting forty
percent of his funds when his account exceeds ten dollars, whereas the statute requires that the
Department deduct only twenty percent.
Plaintiff has not submitted a copy of his prison account statement. Therefore, the Court
cannot determine the accuracy of his claim, and the motion is denied without prejudice. If
plaintiff wishes to present this issue to the Court in a future motion, he must submit a copy of his
account statement.
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiffs motion for inmate funds [ECF No. 56] is
DENIED without prejudice.

Dated this/P'.Jlday of November, 20.15.

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RONNIE L. WHITE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE