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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

FRED JAY JACKSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

GRIFFITH,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00073-BAM (PC)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 6)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF 

INMATE FILING FEE BY CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Plaintiff Fred Jay Jackson (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed a certified copy of his inmate trust account 

statement on January 15, 2020. (ECF No. 2.) Plaintiff filed a motion to proceed in forma 

pauperis using the correct form on January 27, 2020. (ECF No. 6.)

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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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis, (ECF No. 6), 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 

per cent (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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 29, 2020 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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