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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JON LLOYD HOUSTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

GREGORY SOKOLOV et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:15-cv-2188 CKD P (TEMP)

ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF INMATE 

FILING FEE

To: The Sheriff of Sacramento County, Attention: Inmate Trust Account, 651 I Street,

Sacramento, California 95814:

Plaintiff, an inmate at Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center proceeding 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 20 percent 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 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 

Sacramento County Sheriff is required to send to the Clerk of the Court the initial partial filing 

fee and thereafter payments from plaintiff’s inmate trust account each time the amount in the 

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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 Sheriff of Sacramento County 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 Sheriff of Sacramento County or a designee shall collect from 

plaintiff’s inmate trust account monthly payments from plaintiff’s inmate trust account in an 

amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to the inmate’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 the Sheriff of Sacramento County, Attention: Inmate Trust 

Account, 651 I 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: November 17, 2015

ec

hous2188.sacramento

_____________________________________

CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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