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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

FRESNO DIVISION

STEVEN RAY BAXTER,

Plaintiff,

v.

K E R N C O U N T Y S H E R I F F ' S

DEPARTMENT,

Defendant.

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1:13-cv-00001-DLB (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(#2)

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY KERN

COUNTY JAIL

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

income credited to plaintiff’s trust account. Kern 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).

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

ORDERED that:

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

2. Kern County Jail 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 Kern County Jail, via the court's electronic case filing

system (CM/ECF).

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.

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 complain, if plaintiff has not already done so.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 4, 2013 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

9b0hie UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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