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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and has requested leave 

to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 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 

obliged to make monthly payments in the amount of twenty percent of the preceding month’s income 

credited to Plaintiff’s trust account. The Stanislaus County Jail is required to send to the Clerk of the 

Court payments from Plaintiff’s 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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VINCENT POTTS,

 Plaintiff,

v.

STANISLAUS COUNTY JAIL MEDICAL 

DEPARTMENT, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:15-cv-01814-SAB (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND 

DIRECTING PAYMENT OF INMATE FILING 

FEE BY STANISLAUS COUNTY JAIL

(ECF No. 2) 

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In accordance with the above and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED 

that:

1. Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED;

2. The Director of the Stanislaus County Jail or his 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 Stanislaus County Jail, at 1115 H. 

Street, Modesto, CA 95354, via United States Postal Service.

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, Sacramento Division.

5. Within sixty (60) days of the date of service of this order, Plaintiff shall submit a 

certified copy of his prison trust account statement for the six-month period 

immediately preceding the filing of the complaint, if Plaintiff has not already done so. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 7, 2015 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

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