Dunn v. Olen Residential Realty Corp. et al

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ORDER that 1 Motion/Application for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED. The Court will not require an initial partial filing fee to be made at this time. The Clerk of the Court shall send a copy of this Order to the Finance Division o f the Clerk's Office and to the attention of the inmate accounts department at Clark County Detention Center. The Court will screen Plaintiff's complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) by separate order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 4/11/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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JOHN M. DUNN,
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Plaintiff(s),
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OLEN RESIDENTIAL REALTY CORP., et al.,
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Defendant(s).
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Case No. 2:18-cv-00186-JAD-NJK
ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION
TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
(Docket No. 1)

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Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s application to proceed in this action in forma pauperis.

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Docket No. 1. Plaintiff must pay an initial partial filing fee of the greater of twenty percent of the average

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monthly deposits or twenty percent of the average monthly balance of his account for the six months

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immediately preceding the commencement of this action. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff’s average

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monthly balance is $00.00, and his average monthly deposit is $00.00. Therefore, the Court will not require

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an initial partial filing fee to be made at this time.

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Nonetheless, Plaintiff must make installment payments to the extent required by 28 U.S.C. §

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1915(b)(2). To that end, Clark County Detention Center and any prison that subsequently houses Plaintiff

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shall forward to the Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Nevada, twenty percent of the

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preceding month’s deposits to Plaintiff’s inmate trust account (in the months that the account exceeds

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$10.00) until the full $350 filing fee has been paid for this action. The Clerk of the Court shall send a copy

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of this Order to the Finance Division of the Clerk’s Office. The Clerk shall also send a copy of this Order

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to the attention of the inmate accounts department at Clark County Detention Center, 330 S. Casino Center

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Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89101.

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Subject to the above conditions, Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma papueris is hereby

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GRANTED. The Court will screen Plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) by separate

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order.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: April 11, 2018

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NANCY J. KOPPE
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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