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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

OSCAR CRUZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

MIKE KNOWLES, Warden, et al.

 Defendants.

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1:08-cv-00237 LJO DLB (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(DOCUMENT #2)

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF

I N M A TE F ILI N G FEE BY

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS

Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 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 paymentsin the amount of twenty percent of the preceding month’s income

credited to plaintiff’s trust account. The California Department of Corrections 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;

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2. The Director of the California Department of Corrections 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 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 California Department of Corrections, via the court's

electronic case filing system (CM/ECF).

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, Fresno Division.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 26, 2008 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3c0hj8 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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