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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

JAMES MARION SIMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. GUTIERREZ, et al.,

Defendant.

1:15-cv-01214-MJS (PC)

ORDER:

1) GRANTING APPLICATIONTO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS; AND

2) DIRECTING PAYMENT OF INMATE 

FILING FEE BY CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

(ECF No. 3)

Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se in a civil rights action 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 payments in the amount of twenty percent (20%) 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 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 therefor, it is HEREBY 

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ORDERED that: 

1) Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED;

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 percent (20%) of the preceding month’s income credited 

to the prisoner’s trust account and shall forward those payments to the 

Clerk of 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 Court. The payments shall be 

clearly identified by the name and case number assigned to this action.

3) The Clerk of 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 filing system (CM/ECF).

4) The Clerk of Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial 

Department, United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Fresno 

Division.

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

a certified copy of his/her 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: August 10, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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