Maae v. Pierce County Sheriff et al

Filing 5

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND DIRECTING INSTITUTION TO CALCULATE, COLLECT, AND FORWARD PAYMENTS, signed by Magistrate Judge Theresa L Fricke. (cc: Plaintiff, WAWD Finance) (CMG)(cc to Plaintiff & Pierce County Jail/Inmate Accounts)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA

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ALLEN VINTORA MAAE,
Case No. C17-5726-RJB-TLF

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Plaintiff,
v.
PIERCE COUNTY SHERIFF ET AL,
Defendants.

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ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION
TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
AND DIRECTING INSTITUTION TO
CALCULATE, COLLECT, AND
FORWARD PAYMENTS

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action. The Court, having
reviewed plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, hereby finds and ORDERS:
(1)

Plaintiff’s declaration indicates that he is unable to afford the Court’s filing fee or

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give security therefore. Accordingly, plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (Dkt. 3)

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is GRANTED. As set forth below, an initial partial filing fee will be collected, and plaintiff is

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thereafter required to make monthly payments of 20 percent of the preceding month’s income

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credited to his account until the full amount of the filing fee is satisfied.

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(2)

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, and plaintiff’s approved application to proceed in

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forma pauperis, the agency having custody of the above-named plaintiff is directed to calculate

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an initial partial filing fee equal to 20 percent of the greater of either: (a) the average monthly

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deposits to the prisoner’s account; or (b) the average monthly balance in the prisoner’s account

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for the 6-month period immediately preceding the date of this Order. The initial partial filing fee

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should be forwarded to the Clerk of Court as soon as practicable.

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Subsequently, if the prisoner’s account exceeds $10.00, each month the agency having

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custody of the prisoner is directed to collect and forward payments equal to 20 percent of the

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prisoner’s preceding month’s income credited to the prisoner’s account. In the event that the

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monthly payment would reduce the prisoner’s account below $10.00, the agency should collect

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and forward only that amount which would reduce the prisoner’s account to the $10.00 level.

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Please note that this $10.00 limit does not apply to the initial partial filing fee described above.

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Finally, the monthly payments should be collected and forwarded to the Court until the entire

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filing fee ($350.00) for this matter has been paid.

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(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 29th day of December, 2017.

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Theresa L. Fricke
United States Magistrate Judge

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