Braithwaite, Joshua v. Grant County Sheriff Department et al

Filing 3

ORDER on ifp request: Initial partial filing fee of $ 3.90 assessed. Initial partial filing fee due 12/9/2022. Signed by Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker on 11/17/2022. (jef),(ps)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
JOSHUA P. BRAITHWAITE,

v.

Plaintiff,

ORDER
Case No. 22-cv-661-wmc

GRANT COUNTY SHERIFF
DEPARTMENT, et al.
Defendants.

Plaintiff Joshua P. Braithwaite, 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 motion for leave to proceed without prepaying the 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 in
plaintiff’s recently filed case 22-cv-643-wmc, I conclude plaintiff’s initial partial filing fee to be
$3.90. For this case to proceed, plaintiff must submit this amount on or before December 9,
2022.
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 Joshua P. Braithwaite is assessed $3.90 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 $3.90 or advise the court in writing why plaintiff is not
able to submit the assessed amount on or before December 9, 2022.
2.

If, by December 9, 2022, 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show cause for failure to do so, plaintiff will be held to have withdrawn this action voluntarily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.
3.

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 Prison Litigation Reform Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Once the screening
process is complete, a separate order will issue.

Entered this 17th day of November, 2022.
BY THE COURT:

/s/
STEPHEN L. CROCKER
Magistrate Judge

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