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Nature of Suit Code: 320
Nature of Suit: Assault, Libel, and Slander
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTHONY MARCELOUS KNOX, SR. 

Plaintiff, No. 2:09-cv-3550 FCD KJN PS

v.

THE SACRAMENTO BEE ORDER FOR PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE

Defendant.

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To: Director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 1515 S Street,

Sacramento, California 95814:

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel and in forma pauperis, is

obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. Plaintiff is assessed an initial

partial filing fee of twenty percent (20%) of the greater of: (a) the average monthly deposits to

plaintiff’s trust account; or (b) the average monthly balance in plaintiff’s account for the sixmonth 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 (20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to plaintiff’s trust

account. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) is required to

send to the Clerk of the Court the initial partial filing fee and thereafter payments from plaintiff’s

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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. The Director of CDCR 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.

2. Thereafter, the Director of CDCR or a designee shall collect from

plaintiff’s prison trust account monthly payments from plaintiff’s prison trust account 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. 

3. 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 Director, California Department of

Corrections and Rehabilitation, 1515 S Street, Sacramento, California 95814.

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

Financial Department of the court.

DATED: March 9, 2010

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KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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