Lumpkin v. Chapman et al

Filing 8

ORDER granting 1 Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis by Hon. James P. Donohue. (cc: plaintiff, who is out of custody)(ST)

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 6 7 8 ROBERT JOSEPH LUMPKIN, Plaintiff, 9 10 11 Case No. C17-590-TSZ-JPD v. OFFICER CHAPMAN, et al., ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS Defendants. 12 13 14 Plaintiff is a prisoner who is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action. The Court, 15 having reviewed plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, hereby finds and ORDERS 16 as follows: 17 (1) Plaintiff’s declaration indicates that he is unable to afford the Court’s filing fee or 18 give security therefore. Accordingly, plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (Dkt. 19 1) is GRANTED. As set forth below, an initial partial filing fee will be collected, and plaintiff is 20 thereafter required to make monthly payments of 20 percent of the preceding month’s income 21 credited to his account until the full amount of the filing fee is satisfied. 22 23 ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS - 1 1 (2) Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, and plaintiff’s approved application to proceed in 2 forma pauperis, the agency having custody of the above-named plaintiff is directed to calculate 3 an initial partial filing fee equal to 20 percent of the greater of either: (a) the average monthly 4 deposits to the prisoner’s account; or (b) the average monthly balance in the prisoner’s account 5 for the 6-month period immediately preceding the date of this Order. The initial partial filing fee 6 should be forwarded to the Clerk of Court as soon as practicable. 7 Subsequently, if the prisoner’s account exceeds $10.00, each month the agency having 8 custody of the prisoner is directed to collect and forward payments equal to 20 percent of the 9 prisoner’s preceding month’s income credited to the prisoner’s account. In the event that the 10 monthly payment would reduce the prisoner’s account below $10.00, the agency should collect 11 and forward only that amount which would reduce the prisoner’s account to the $10.00 level. 12 Please note that this $10.00 limit does not apply to the initial partial filing fee described above. 13 Finally, the monthly payments should be collected and forwarded to the Court until the entire 14 filing fee ($350.00) for this matter has been paid. 15 16 17 (3) The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Order to plaintiff, to the financial officer of this Court, and to the agency having custody of plaintiff1. Dated this 17th day of May, 2017. A 18 JAMES P. DONOHUE Chief United States Magistrate Judge 19 20 21 22 23 1 While plaintiff recently submitted a notice of change of address providing a non-institutional Seattle address, it appears that plaintiff may currently be confined at the King County Jail in Seattle. The Clerk should therefore direct a copy of this Order to King County. ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS - 2

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