Ards, Tyrone v. Saylor, Cody et al

Filing 5

ORDER on ifp request: Initial partial filing fee of $ 1.07 assessed. ( Initial partial filing fee due 7/5/2017.) Plaintiff's motion to pay the initial partial filing fee from his release account is granted. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peter A. Oppeneer on 6/14/2017. (jef),(ps)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
TYRONE D. ARDS,
Plaintiff,

ORDER

v.
Case No. 17-cv-458-jdp
CODY SAYLOR, et al.
Defendants.

Plaintiff Tyrone D. Ards, a prisoner in the custody of the Wisconsin Department of
Corrections, has submitted a proposed civil action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has
filed a certified copy of a trust fund account statement in support of the motion for leave to
proceed without prepaying the filing fee.

After considering the motion and supporting

documentation, the court concludes that plaintiff qualifies for indigent status.
Even when a prisoner litigant qualifies for indigent status, the litigant must pay a
portion of the fee returned by the formula set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1).

Using

information for the relevant time period from plaintiff’s trust fund account statement, I
calculate plaintiff’s initial partial filing fee to be $1.07. For this case to proceed, plaintiff
must submit this amount on or before July 5, 2017.
With the complaint, plaintiff also filed a motion to use release account funds to pay
the initial partial fee for filing this case. (Dkt. #4). His motion will be granted. If plaintiff
does not have enough money to make the initial partial payment from plaintiff’s regular
account, plaintiff should arrange with authorities to pay the remainder from plaintiff’s release
account.

ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that,
1.

Plaintiff Tyrone D. Ards is assessed $1.07 as an initial partial payment of the

$350.00 fee for filing this case. Plaintiff is to submit a check or money order made payable
to the clerk of court in the amount of $1.07 or advise the court in writing why plaintiff is not
able to submit the assessed amount on or before July 5, 2017.
2.

Plaintiff Tyrone D. Ards’s motion for use of release account funds to pay the

initial partial filing fee in this case (Dkt. #4) is GRANTED.
3.

If, by July 5, 2017, plaintiff fails to make the initial partial payment or show

cause for failure to do so, plaintiff will be held to have withdrawn this action voluntarily and
the case will be closed without prejudice to plaintiff filing this case at a later date.
4.

No further action will be taken in this case until the clerk’s office receives

plaintiff’s initial partial filing fee as directed above and the court has screened the complaint
as required by the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2).
screening process is complete, a separate order will issue.
Entered this 14th day of June, 2017.
BY THE COURT:

/s/
PETER OPPENEER
Magistrate Judge

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