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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

DEVONTE FIELDS,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. SANCHEZ, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:22-cv-01122-CDB (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 2)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF 

INMATE FILING FEE BY CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION

Plaintiff Devonte Fields is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed 

under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 1915 and has made the showing required by subsection 1915(a). Accordingly, the 

request to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. 

Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action and to make 

monthly payments in the amount of twenty percent (20%) of the preceding month’s income 

credited to Plaintiff’s trust account. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). The California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation 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).

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis, (ECF No. 2), is GRANTED.

2. The Director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 

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 clearly 

identify the name and 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 and Rehabilitation via the Court’s electronic case filing system (CM/ECF). 

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

Department, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 12, 2022 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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