Sims v. Johnston et al

Filing 4

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND DIRECTING INSTITUTION TO CALCULATE, COLLECT, AND FORWARD PAYMENTS by Hon. Mary Alice Theiler. (cc: Plaintiff, WAWD Finance, King County Jail)(ST)

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 6 7 8 ERICK LADAL SIMS, Plaintiff, 9 10 11 v. VICTOR JOHNSTON, et al., Defendants. 12 Case No. C17-0758-RSM-MAT ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND DIRECTING INSTITUTION TO CALCULATE, COLLECT, AND FORWARD PAYMENTS 13 14 Plaintiff is a county prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action. The Court, having 15 reviewed plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, hereby finds and ORDERS as 16 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. 1) 19 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 (2) Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, and plaintiff’s approved application to proceed in forma pauperis, the agency having custody of the above-named plaintiff is directed to calculate an ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS - 1 1 initial partial filing fee equal to 20 percent of the greater of either: (a) the average monthly deposits 2 to the prisoner’s account; or (b) the average monthly balance in the prisoner’s account for the 6- 3 month period immediately preceding the date of this Order. The initial partial filing fee should be 4 forwarded to the Clerk of Court as soon as practicable. 5 Subsequently, if the prisoner’s account exceeds $10.00, each month the agency having 6 custody of the prisoner is directed to collect and forward payments equal to 20 percent of the 7 prisoner’s preceding month’s income credited to the prisoner’s account. In the event that the 8 monthly payment would reduce the prisoner’s account below $10.00, the agency should collect 9 and forward only that amount which would reduce the prisoner’s account to the $10.00 level. 10 Please note that this $10.00 limit does not apply to the initial partial filing fee described above. 11 Finally, the monthly payments should be collected and forwarded to the Court until the entire filing 12 fee ($350.00) for this matter has been paid. 13 14 15 (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 plaintiff. Dated this 7th day of June, 2017. 16 A 17 Mary Alice Theiler United States Magistrate Judge 18 19 20 21 22 23 ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS - 2

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