Williams, Travis v. Friedrich, Amber et al

Filing 14

ORDER granting 12 motion to waive the initial partial filing fee; granting 2 Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peter A. Oppeneer on 4/27/2021. (jef),(ps)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
TRAVIS D. WILLIAMS,
Plaintiff,
v.
AMBER FRIEDRICH, et al

ORDER
Case No. 21-cv-172-wmc

Defendants.

On March 30, 2021, I entered an order assessing plaintiff Travis D. Williams an initial
partial payment of $0.83 in the above case. Plaintiff then filed a motion to waive the initial
partial filing fee, which I denied without prejudice. Now plaintiff has filed a motion for
reconsideration to waive the initial partial filing fee. Using information from plaintiff’s motion
and re-evaluating the relevant time period from plaintiff’s trust fund account statement, it
appears that plaintiff presently has no means with which to pay the filing fee or to make an
initial partial payment. Under these circumstances, the court will grant plaintiff’s motion for
leave to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee but will not assess an initial partial filing
fee for the above case. Even if this court ultimately determines that plaintiff’s complaint cannot
go forward, plaintiff is advised that the full $350 filing fee for this case remains plaintiff’s
obligation. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).
Because plaintiff is a prisoner, plaintiff is subject to the Prison Litigation Reform Act,
which requires the court to screen the complaint to determine whether any portion is frivolous
or malicious, fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted or seeks monetary relief from
a defendant who is immune from such relief.

ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that,
1.

The motion for reconsideration filed by plaintiff Travis D. Williams to waive the

initial partial filing fee in the above case is GRANTED.
2.

The motion filed by plaintiff Travis D. Williams for leave to proceed without

prepayment of the filing fee is GRANTED.
3.

No further action will be taken in this case until the court has screened the

complaint as required by the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). Once
the screening process is complete, a separate order will issue.

Entered this 27th day of April, 2021.
BY THE COURT:

/s/
PETER OPPENEER
Magistrate Judge

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