Wynn v. Department of Corrections et al

Filing 5

ORDER granting 1 Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis signed by Magistrate Judge Karen L Strombom.(MET) cc: plaintiff w/general order & PLRA

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 5 6 7 KIMOTHY WYNN, No. C11-5590 RJB/KLS 8 9 10 11 12 Plaintiff, v. WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, BERNIE WARNER, STEVE SINCLAIR, MAGGIE MILLERSTOUT, SGT. DILDAY, DON J. DESHAZIER, and MIKE MYER, ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND DIRECTING INSTITUTION TO CALCULATE, COLLECT, AND FORWARD PAYMENTS 13 Defendants. 14 15 16 The Court, having reviewed Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 1) does hereby find and ORDER: 17 Plaintiff’s declaration indicates he is unable to afford the court’s filing fee or give 18 security therefor. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s application to proceed as a pauper is GRANTED. As 19 20 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 21 22 23 account until the full amount of the filing fee is satisfied. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 and Plaintiff’s approved application to proceed in forma 24 pauperis, the agency having custody of the above named Plaintiff is directed to calculate an 25 initial partial filing fee equal to 20 percent of greater of -- the average monthly deposits to the 26 prisoner’s account or the average monthly balance in the prisoner’s account for the 6-month ORDER - 1 1 period immediately preceding the date of this Order. The initial partial filing fee should be 2 forwarded to the Court Clerk as soon as practicable. 3 4 Subsequently, if the prisoner’s account exceeds $10.00, each month the agency is directed to collect and forward payments equal to 20 percent of the prisoner’s preceding month’s 5 income credited to the prisoner’s account. In the event that the monthly payment would reduce 6 7 the prisoner’s account below $10.00, the agency should collect and forward only that amount 8 which would reduce the prisoner’s account to the $10.00 level. Please note that this $10.00 limit 9 does not apply to the initial partial filing fee described above. Finally, the monthly payments 10 should be collected and forwarded to the court until the entire filing fee ($350.00) for this matter 11 has been paid. 12 The Clerk is directed to send plaintiff a copy of this Order and the General Order, along 13 with a copy of Plaintiff’s Acknowledgment and Authorization portion of the IFP application to 14 15 16 the attention of the inmate account manager of the Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla, Washington. 17 DATED this 7th day of September, 2011. 18 A 19 Karen L. Strombom United States Magistrate Judge 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ORDER - 2

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