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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

RICARDO MARTINEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

C. PFEIFFER, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:19-cv-01768-SAB (PC)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS

(ECF Nos. 3, 4)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF 

INMATE FILING FEE BY CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION

Plaintiff Ricardo Martinez is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

On September 18, 2019, Plaintiff initiated the instant action in the United States District 

Court for the Northern District of California. (ECF No. 1.) On December 16, 2019, the instant 

action was transferred to this Court. (ECF No. 5.)

Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant 

to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, filed on September 18, 2019. (ECF Nos. 3, 4.) A certified copy of 

Plaintiff’s prison trust account statement that reflects the activity in Plaintiff’s trust account for 

the last six months was filed on December 27, 2019. (ECF No. 9.)

Since Plaintiff has made the showing required by § 1915, the application to proceed in 

forma pauperis will be granted. Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for 

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this action. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff is 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 is required to send to the

Clerk of the Court payments from Plaintiff’s trust 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).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis, (ECF Nos. 3, 4), is 

GRANTED;

2. The Director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

or his/her designee shall collect 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 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, (ECF No. 4), on the Director of the 

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 2, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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