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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff Larry Sermeno (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, on October 20, 2016. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for 

leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1915. (ECF No. 2.) 

Plaintiff has made the showing required by § 1915(a) and accordingly, the request to proceed 

in forma pauperis will be granted. Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for 

this action. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff is obligated to make monthly payments in the amount of 

twenty percent (20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to Plaintiff’s trust account. The 

California Department of Corrections is required to send to the Clerk of the Court payments from 

Plaintiff’s trust account each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00, until the statutory filing 

fee is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).

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LARRY A. SERMENO,

 Plaintiff,

v.

M. IRMER, KIMBERLY FLENER and A. 

IRMER,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:16-cv-1582-BAM

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR 

LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 2)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF INMATE 

FILING FEE BY CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT 

OF CORRECTIONS

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, filed on October 20, 2016 (ECF 

No. 2), is GRANTED;

2. The Director of the California Department of Corrections or his/her designee shall 

collect payments from Plaintiff’s prison trust account in an amount equal to twenty percent 

(20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to the prisoner’s trust account and shall 

forward those payments to the Clerk of the Court each time the amount in the account exceeds 

$10.00, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2), until a total of $350.00 has been collected and 

forwarded to the Clerk of the Court. The payments shall be clearly identified by the name and

number assigned to this action;

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and a copy of Plaintiff’s 

in forma pauperis application on the Director of the California Department of Corrections, via the 

court’s electronic case filing system (CM/ECF); and

4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial 

Department, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Fresno Division.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 3, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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