Calderon v. Houston
Filing
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Proceed IFP (filing no. 2 ) is granted. The clerk's office is directed to receipt $25.00 to 4:08CV3089, and then apply the $12.45 overpayment to Plaintiff's initial part ial filing fee in this case. Plaintiff shall pay the remaining balance of his initial partial filing fee, which is $41.35, by March 8, 2013, unless an enlargement of time is granted in response to a written motion. If the initial partial fi ling fee is not received by the specified deadline, this case will be dismissed. After payment of the initial partial filing fee, Plaintiff's institution shall collect the additional monthly payments in the manner set forth in 28 U.S.C. 167; 1915(b)(2), quoted above, and shall forward those installments to the court. The clerk's office is directed to send a copy of this order to the appropriate official at Plaintiff's institution. The clerk's office is directed to set a pro se case management deadline in this case using the following text: March 8, 2013: initial partial filing fee payment due. Ordered by Judge John M. Gerrard. (Copy mailed as directed and to pro se party) (Copy given to Finance)(AOA)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
RAUL CALDERON,
Plaintiff,
v.
ROBERT P. HOUSTON,
Defendant.
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4:13CV3030
MEMORANDUM
AND ORDER
This matter is before the court on Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to Proceed in
Forma Pauperis (“IFP”). (Filing No. 2.) The court has received a certified copy of
Plaintiff’s trust account information. (Filing No. 3.) Plaintiff is permitted to proceed
IFP.
Pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act, a prisoner plaintiff is required to
pay the full amount of the court’s $350.00 filing fee by making monthly payments to
the court, even if the prisoner is proceeding IFP. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b). “[T]he PLRA
makes prisoners responsible for their filing fees the moment the prisoner brings a civil
action or files an appeal.” In re Tyler, 110 F.3d at 529-30 (8th Cir. 1997); Jackson v.
N.P. Dodge Realty Co., 173 F. Supp. 2d 951 (D. Neb. 2001).
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1), Plaintiff must pay an initial partial filing fee
in the amount of 20 percent of the greater of Plaintiff’s average monthly account
balance or average monthly deposits for the six months preceding the filing of the
complaint. Accordingly, the court finds that the initial partial filing fee is $53.80,
based on an average monthly account balance of $269.01.
Plaintiff included a payment of $25.00 with his Motion for Leave to Proceed
IFP. The records of this court reflect that Plaintiff owes $12.55 toward his filing fee
in Calderon v. Miles, 4:08CV3089. The court will direct the clerk’s office to receipt
$25.00 to 4:08CV3089, and then apply the $12.45 overpayment to his initial partial
filing fee in this case.
Plaintiff must pay the remaining balance of his initial partial filing fee, which
is $41.35, by March 8, 2013. If the court does not receive payment by this deadline,
this matter will be dismissed. Plaintiff may request an extension of time if needed.
In addition to the initial partial filing fee, Plaintiff must “make monthly
payments of 20 percent of the preceding month’s income credited to the prisoner’s
account.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). The statute places the burden on the prisoner’s
institution to collect the additional monthly payments and forward them to the court
as follows:
After payment of the initial partial filing fee, the prisoner shall be
required to make monthly payments of 20 percent of the preceding
month’s income credited to the prisoner’s account. The agency having
custody of the prisoner shall forward payments from the prisoner’s
account to the clerk of the court each time the amount in the account
exceeds $10 until the filing fees are paid.
28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). Therefore, after payment in full of the initial partial filing fee,
the remaining installments shall be collected pursuant to this procedure.
The clerk’s office shall send a copy of this Memorandum and Order to the
appropriate financial official at Plaintiff’s institution. Plaintiff will remain responsible
for the entire filing fee, as long as he is a prisoner, even if the case is dismissed at
some later time. See In re Tyler, 110 F.3d at 529-30; Jackson, 173 F. Supp. 2d at 951.
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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that:
1.
Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to Proceed IFP (filing no. 2) is granted.
2.
The clerk’s office is directed to receipt $25.00 to 4:08CV3089, and then
apply the $12.45 overpayment to Plaintiff’s initial partial filing fee in this case.
3.
Plaintiff shall pay the remaining balance of his initial partial filing fee,
which is $41.35, by March 8, 2013, unless an enlargement of time is granted in
response to a written motion. If the initial partial filing fee is not received by the
specified deadline, this case will be dismissed.
4.
After payment of the initial partial filing fee, Plaintiff’s institution shall
collect the additional monthly payments in the manner set forth in 28 U.S.C. §
1915(b)(2), quoted above, and shall forward those installments to the court.
5.
The clerk’s office is directed to send a copy of this order to the
appropriate official at Plaintiff’s institution.
6.
The clerk’s office is directed to set a pro se case management deadline
in this case using the following text: March 8, 2013: initial partial filing fee payment
due.
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DATED this 13th day of February, 2013.
BY THE COURT:
s/ John M. Gerrard
United States District Judge
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