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

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAYMOND CROWTHER,

Plaintiff,

 v.

ALAMEDA COUNTY JAIL,

Defendants. /

No. C 07-03227 CW (PR)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF

FILING FEE OR FILING OF IN

FORMA PAUPERIS APPLICATION

Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed this pro se civil rights

action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On that same date, the Clerk of the

Court sent Plaintiff a notice directing him to pay the filing fee

or to file a completed in forma pauperis (IFP) application. The

Court notes that Plaintiff's address has changed since the Clerk

sent the notice. To date, Plaintiff has not paid the requisite

$350.00 filing fee or filed an application for leave to proceed

IFP. 

Ordinarily, a plaintiff is permitted to file a civil action in

federal court without prepayment of fees or security if he submits

an affidavit that he is unable to pay such fees or give security

therefor. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). If the plaintiff is a prisoner

who alleges that he is unable to pay the full filing fee at the

time of filing, he must submit: (1) an affidavit that includes a

statement of all assets he possesses, and (2) a certified copy of

the trust fund account statement for the prisoner for the six-month

period immediately preceding the filing of the action, obtained

from the appropriate official of each prison at which the prisoner

is or was confined. See id. § 1915(a)(1), (2). If the court

determines that the plaintiff is unable to pay the full filing fee

at the time of filing, the plaintiff will be granted leave to

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proceed IFP. This means that the filing fee must be paid by way of

an installment plan, according to which the court first will assess

and collect a partial filing fee from the prisoner, and then the

prisoner will be required to make monthly payments of twenty

percent of the preceding month's income credited to Plaintiff's

account until the full $350.00 filing fee is paid. Id.

§ 1915(b)(1). The agency having custody of the prisoner is

responsible for forwarding to the court payments from Plaintiff's

account each time the amount in the account exceeds ten dollars. 

See id.

Therefore, before the Court will proceed to review the

complaint Plaintiff is hereby ORDERED to pay the requisite $350.00

filing fee in this action no later than thirty (30) days from the

date of this Order. He shall include with his payment a clear

indication that it is for the above-referenced case number, C 07-

03227 CW (PR). In the event that Plaintiff is unable to pay the

filing fee, he shall submit an IFP application, trust account

statement and certificate of funds no later than thirty (30) days

from the date of this Order. 

Failure to pay the filing fee or file the requisite documents

within the thirty-day deadline shall result in dismissal of this

action.

The Clerk of the Court shall send Plaintiff a blank prisoner

IFP application form along with his copy of this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 9/17/07 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAYMOND CROWTHER,

Plaintiff,

 v.

ALAMEDA COUNTY JAIL et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-03227 CW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on September 17, 2007, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle

located in the Clerk's office.

Raymond Crowther V79553 w/ifp appl.

E-231-U

Deuel Vocational Institution

P.O. Box 600

Tracy, CA 95378

Dated: September 17, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Sheilah Cahill, Deputy Clerk

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