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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

CRISTIAN JESUS PENALOZA,

Plaintiff,

v.

CERTAIN FRESNO COUNTY 

DEPUTIES,

Defendant.

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ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND 

DIRECTING PAYMENT OF INMATE 

FILING FEE BY THE FRESNO COUNTY 

SHERIFF

(ECF No. 5)

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

DISCOVERY 

(ECF No. 7)

Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil action 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); accordingly, his motion to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. (ECF No. 5).

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. The Fresno County Sheriff 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).

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Plaintiff has also filed a motion to obtain discovery from the Defendants in this case. 

(ECF No. 7). The Court will deny the motion. As an initial matter, the Court is required to screen 

this case to ensure that Plaintiff, among other things, states a claim upon which relief may be 

granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A; see 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). If this case survives screening, the Court 

will issue an order permitting discovery to begin. 

In accordance with the above and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 5) is GRANTED;

2. The Fresno County Sheriff or his 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 motion on the Fresno County Sheriff located at P.O. Box 

872, Fresno, CA 93712.

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, Sacramento Division.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 31, 2023 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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