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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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Felix Perea Torres’s middle name is not included in the Arizona Department of

Correction’s online inmate information.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Felix Torres,

Plaintiff, 

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Joseph M. Arpaio, 

Defendant. 

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No. CV 07-290-PHX-SMM (ECV)

ORDER

While confined in the Maricopa County Durango Jail, Plaintiff Felix Torres filed this

civil rights action and sought leave to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court assessed the

statutory filing fee for this action (Doc. #3) and issued an Order (Doc. #4) to the Maricopa

County Sheriff to collect the filing fee.

After Plaintiff was transferred out of the custody of the Maricopa County Sheriff, the

Court issued a fee payment order (Doc. #7) requiring the Director of the Arizona Department

of Corrections to collect the balance of the filing fee from the inmate trust account of Felix

Torres, inmate #213810.

On July 23, 2007, Felix Perea1

 Torres, inmate #213810, filed a letter with the Court

(Doc. #9) indicating that he is not the Plaintiff in this action and that funds are being

deducted from his inmate trust fund account. The Court will construe Felix Perea Torres’s

letter as a request to vacate its fee payment order and will grant the request. 

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The Court will order the Arizona Department of Corrections to cease collecting the

filing fee from Felix Perea Torres, inmate #213810, and to credit his inmate trust fund

account with any money that has been collected from his account for this action but has not

yet been forwarded to the Clerk of Court. At this time, the Court has not received any money

from the Arizona Department of Corrections on behalf of Felix Perea Torres for this action.

Should the Clerk of Court receive monies for this action from Felix Perea Torres, inmate

#213810, the Clerk of Court must refund the monies to the Arizona Department of

Corrections, which must, in turn, credit the inmate trust fund account for Felix Perea Torres,

inmate #213810.

Accordingly,

(1) IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that non-party Felix Perea Torres’s letter (Doc.

#9) will be construed as a motion to vacate and is GRANTED.

(2) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Order for Payment of Remaining

Balance of Inmate Filing Fee (Doc. #7) is VACATED. 

(3) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Director of the Arizona Department

of Corrections or her designee shall cease collecting from Felix Perea Torres, inmate

#213810, the filing fee for this action and must credit his inmate trust fund account with any

monies that have been collected for this action from his account but have not yet been

forwarded to the Clerk of Court.

(4) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Financial Administration for the

Phoenix Division of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona must refund

any monies received in this case from Felix Perea Torres, inmate #213810, to the Arizona

Department of Corrections, which must, in turn, credit the inmate trust fund account for Felix

Perea Torres, inmate #213810.

(5) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court must serve by mail a

copy of this Order on the Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, 1601 West

Jefferson, Phoenix, Arizona, 85007.

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(6) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court must serve by mail a

copy of this Order on Felix Perea Torres, inmate #213810, Arizona State Prison ComplexYuma, Cocopah Unit, P.O. Box 13005, Yuma, Arizona, 85366.

(7) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court must forward a copy

of this Order to Financial Administration for the Phoenix Division of the United States

District Court for the District of Arizona.

DATED this 10th day of August, 2007.

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