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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1983 Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GREG GONZALES,

Plaintiff,

v.

FRESNO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, 

Defendant.

Case No. 1:16-cv-00936-LJO-SAB

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY FRESNO 

COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

(ECF No. 2)

Plaintiff is a pretrial detainee proceeding pro se 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) 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 of the 

preceding month’s income credited to plaintiff’s trust account. The Fresno County Sheriff’s 

Department 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).

 In accordance with the above and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED;

2. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Department or her designee shall collect 

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payments from Plaintiff’s jail trust account in an amount equal to twenty per cent (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 Fresno County Sheriff’s Department;

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; and

5. Within sixty (60) days of the date of service of this order, Plaintiff shall submit 

a certified copy of his jail trust account statement for the six-month period immediately 

preceding the filing of the complaint, if Plaintiff has not already done so.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 5, 2016 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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