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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MALIK DAVIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

JASMIN HERRERA, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:24-cv-00896 GSA (PC)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 2)

ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF INMATE 

FILING FEE BY CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION

To: Director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation:

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 

has requested authority pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff has 

submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). (See ECF Nos. 

2, 5). 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. 

§§ 1914(a), 1915(b)(1). By this order, plaintiff will be assessed an initial partial filing fee in 

accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1).

Plaintiff is assessed an initial partial filing fee of 20 percent of the greater of: (a) the 

average monthly deposits to plaintiff’s trust account; or (b) the average monthly balance in 

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plaintiff’s account for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of this action. 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Upon payment of that initial partial filing fee, plaintiff will be 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 and Rehabilitation 

is required to send to the Clerk of the Court the initial partial filing fee and thereafter payments 

from plaintiff’s prison trust account each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00, until the 

statutory filing fee of $350.00 is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).

Good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) is GRANTED;

2. The Director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or a 

designee, shall collect from plaintiff’s prison trust account an initial partial filing fee in 

accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) as set forth in this order and shall 

forward the amount to the Clerk of the Court. The payment shall be clearly identified by the 

name and number assigned to this action.

3. Thereafter, the Director of the California Department of Corrections and 

Rehabilitation or a designee shall collect from plaintiff’s prison trust account monthly payments 

in an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to the 

prisoner’s trust account and forward 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 the $350.00 filing 

fee for this action has been paid in full. The payments shall be clearly identified by the name and 

number assigned to this action.

4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order, and a copy of 

plaintiff’s signed in forma pauperis affidavit on the Director, California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation, via the Court’s electronic case filing system (CM/ECF).

5. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial 

Department of the Court.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 20, 2024 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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