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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

NORRIS DAJON MILLER,

Plaintiff,

v.

S. JOHNSON, et al,

Defendant.

1:16-cv-00727-JLT (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. 2)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY LOS ANGELES 

COUNTY JAIL

Plaintiff 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 Los Angeles County Jail 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). Thus, the Court ORDERS:

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

2. The Director of the Los Angeles County Jail or his designee shall collect 

payments from plaintiff=s prison 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 

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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 Director of the Los Angeles County Jail, at 

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Hall of Justice, 211 West Temple Street, Los 

Angeles, CA 90012 via United States Postal Service.

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.

5. Within 60 days of the date of service of this order, plaintiff shall submit a certified 

copy of his prison 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: June 8, 2016 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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