Floyd v. City of Lakewood et al

Filing 7

ORDER granting 6 Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis. Signed by Magistrate Judge Karen L Strombom.(CMG) Modified on 3/14/2011: copy mailed to Plaintiff & PLRA (CMG).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ORDER - 1 v. No. C11-5068 BHS/KLS CITY OF LAKEWOOD, CITY OF TACOMA, COUNTY OF PIERCE, STATE OF WASHINGTON, CHIEF KARR, KENT HARMELL, STEVEN GANT, MICHAEL KAWAMURA, OFFICER PAPP, THEO ROSE, BAILIFFS SUPERIOR COURT ROOM 260, JANZ PIERSON, AARON TALNEY, RICHARD WHITEHEAD, M. SCOLD, CARLOS ORTIZ, OFFICER DARCY, TACOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT, LAKEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT, JUDGE FRANK FLEMING, JUDGE LEE, JUDGE CULPEPPER, SARGEANT JONES, DIRECTOR OF POLICE DEPARTMENT, JUDGE HILLIER, JUDGE SANDER ALLEN, JUDGE KITTY VAN DOORN, TIM BARTLETT, and ELLEN CHAMBERS, Defendants. The Court, having reviewed Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis, does hereby find and ORDER: ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND DIRECTING INSTITUTION TO CALCULATE, COLLECT, AND FORWARD PAYMENTS THOMAS LELAND FLOYD, Plaintiff, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA

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Plaintiff's declaration indicates he is unable to afford the court's filing fee or give security therefor. Accordingly, Plaintiff's application to proceed as a pauper is GRANTED. As set forth below, an initial partial filing fee will be collected, and Plaintiff is required to make monthly payments of 20 percent of the preceding months income credited to his/her account until the full amount of the filing fee is satisfied.

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Subsequently, if the prisoner's account exceeds $10.00, each month the agency is 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 has been paid. The Clerk is directed to send plaintiff a copy of this Order and the General Order, and a copy of this Order along with a copy of Plaintiff's Acknowledgment and Authorization portion of the IFP application to the attention of the inmate account manager of the Pierce County Jail, Tacoma, Washington. ORDER - 2 directed to collect and forward payments equal to 20 percent of the prisoner's preceding month's income credited to the prisoner's account. In the event that the monthly payment would reduce the prisoner's account below $10.00, the agency should collect and forward only that amount which would reduce the prisoner's account to the $10.00 level. Please note that this $10.00 limit does not apply to the initial partial filing fee described above. Finally, the monthly payments should be collected and forwarded to the court until the entire filing fee ($350.00) for this matter 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 initial partial filing fee equal to 20 percent of greater of -- the average monthly deposits to the prisoner's account or the average monthly balance in the prisoner's account for the 6-month period immediately preceding the date of this Order. The initial partial filing fee should be forwarded to the Court Clerk as soon as practicable.

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DATED this 14th day of March, 2011.

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Karen L. Strombom United States Magistrate Judge

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