Manthie, Steven v. Stanley Correctional Institution - Administration

Filing 6

ORDER on ifp request: Initial partial filing fee of $ 10.95 assessed. Initial partial filing fee due 5/3/2013. Signed by Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker on 4/11/2013. (jef),(ps)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN

STEVEN MANTHIE,
Plaintiff,

ORDER
13-cv-206-wmc

v.
BENTLEY, J. and
STANLEY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION ADMINISTRATION,
Defendants.

In response to this court’s March 28, 2013, order, plaintiff has submitted a complaint
on a court-approved complaint form. Plaintiff has added the name Bentley, J. as a defendant
and I have amended the case caption accordingly. In addition, plaintiff has submitted copies of
his trust fund account statements for the six-month period preceding the filing of his complaint
so that I can determine whether he qualifies for indigent status and, if he does, calculate an
initial partial payment of the $350 fee for filing this case.
From the trust fund account statements plaintiff has submitted, I calculate his initial
partial payment to be $10.95. Plaintiff is advised that he must pay the remainder of the fee in
monthly installments even if his request for leave to proceed is denied. If plaintiff does not have
the money to make the initial partial payment in his regular account, he will have to arrange
with prison authorities to pay some or all of the assessment from his release account. This does
not mean that plaintiff is free to ask prison authorities to pay all of his filing fee from his release
account. The only amount plaintiff must pay at this time is the $10.95 initial partial payment.
Before prison officials take any portion of that amount from plaintiff’s release account, they may
first take from plaintiff’s regular account whatever amount up to the full amount plaintiff owes.

Plaintiff should show a copy of this order to prison officials to insure that they are aware they
should send plaintiff’s initial partial payment to this court.

ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff Steven Manthie is assessed $10.95 as an initial partial
payment of the $350 fee for filing this case. He is to submit a check or money order made
payable to the clerk of court in the amount of $10.95 on or before May 3, 2013. If, by May 3,
2013, plaintiff fails to make the initial partial payment or show cause for his failure to do so, he
will be held to have withdrawn this action voluntarily. In that event, the clerk of court is
directed to close this file without prejudice to plaintiff's filing his case at a later date.

Entered this 11th day of April, 2013.
BY THE COURT:

/s/
PETER OPPENEER
Magistrate Judge

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