Chartrand v. NH Department of Corrections

Filing 7

ORDER granting 3 Motion to Proceed in forma pauperis as to Bradford Chartrand. Given the plaintiffs current balance is $0.39 there shall be no initial filing fee assessed. Going forward, however, the plaintiff shall b e responsible for monthly payments of 20% of each preceding months income credited to his account, which shall be remitted by the Institution when the amount in the account exceeds $10.00 until the sum of $350.00 has been paid. So Ordered by Magistrate Judge Landya B. McCafferty.Finance Follow Up Deadline 10/19/2012(jeb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

Bradford Chartrand
v.

Civil No. 12-cv-255-JL

NH Department of Corrections, et al.

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO PROCEED
IN FORMA PAUPERIS

The plaintiff, an inmate at Idaho Department of Corrections (“Institution”), has filed a
motion to proceed in forma pauperis in the above-captioned case, which is accompanied by a
certificate signed by an authorized individual from the Institution indicating a balance on the
account of $0.39. Plaintiff has also submitted a signed consent form indicating consent to permit
inmate accounts to make court-ordered payments on his behalf.
The motion to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED. While 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1)
requires the court assess an initial filing fee, given the plaintiff’s current balance is $0.39 there shall
be no initial filing fee assessed. Going forward, however, the plaintiff shall be responsible for
monthly payments of 20% of each preceding month’s income credited to his account, which shall
be remitted by the Institution when the amount in the account exceeds $10.00 until the sum of
$350.00 has been paid. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).
The monthly payments shall be forwarded to the Clerk of Court by the Institution in
accordance with this Order. A copy of this Order, along with a copy of the signed Prisoner

Consent Form (doc. no. 6), shall be forwarded by the Court to the Institutions inmate account
department.
SO ORDERED.
_____________________________
Landya B. McCafferty
United States Magistrate Judge
Dated: August 20, 2012
cc: Bradford Chartrand
Inmate Accounts, Idaho Department of Corrections