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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DWAYNE LUCAS,

Plaintiff,

v.

KAREN BROWN, et al.,

Defendants.

1:16-cv-01799-SAB-(PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

[ECF No. 8]

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Plaintiff Dwayne Lucas is a state 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 obligated to make monthly payments in the amount 

of twenty percent 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 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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In accordance with the above and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, filed October 31, 2016 (ECF 

No. 8), is GRANTED;

2. The Director of the California Department of Corrections or his 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, Sacramento Division.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 30, 2016 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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