Bolton v. Washington Department of Corrections et al

Filing 4

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND DIRECTING INSTITUTION TO CALCULATE, COLLECT, AND FORWARD PAYMENTS, signed by Magistrate Judge Karen L Strombom. (CMG; cc to Plaintiff)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA

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SCOTT CARROLL BOLTON,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS, WASHINGTON
STATE, WASHINGTON CORRECTION
CENTER,

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CASE NO. C12-5677 RJB/KLS
ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION
TO PROCEED IN FORMA
PAUPERIS

Defendants.

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The Court, having reviewed Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis does
hereby find and ORDER:
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.
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

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ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS- 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.
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Subsequently, if the prisoner’s account exceeds $10.00, each month the agency is

4 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 the prisoner’s account below $10.00, the agency should collect and forward only that amount
7 which would reduce the prisoner’s account to the $10.00 level. Please note that this $10.00 limit
8 does not apply to the initial partial filing fee described above. Finally, the monthly payments
9 should be collected and forwarded to the Court until the entire filing fee ($350.00) for this matter
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The Clerk is directed to send Plaintiff a copy of this Order and the General Order, along

12 with a copy of Plaintiff’s Acknowledgment and Authorization portion of the IFP application to
13 the attention of the inmate account manager of the IFP account manager at the Washington
14 Corrections Center, Shelton, Washington.
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DATED this 21st day of August, 2012.

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Karen L. Strombom
United States Magistrate Judge

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ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS- 2