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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

ARMANDO FIMBREZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

FRESNO COUNTY JAIL, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-01462-BAM (PC)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 6)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF 

INMATE FILING FEE BY FRESNO 

COUNTY JAIL

Plaintiff Armando Fimbrez (“Plaintiff”) is a county jail inmate proceeding pro se in this 

civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

On December 23, 2024, Plaintiff filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF No. 6.)

Plaintiff has made the showing required by § 1915(a) and 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. § 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 Fresno County Jail 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).

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis, (ECF No. 6), is GRANTED;

2. The Warden/Sheriff of the Fresno County Jail or his or 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 on the Warden/Sheriff of the Fresno County Jail, via the 

United States Postal Service; 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: December 26, 2024 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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