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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

EDMOND PAUL PRICE,

Plaintiff,

v.

SHERMAN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00131-BAM (PC) 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR RELIEF 

FROM USING COURT APPROVED FORM 

FOR FILING OF INITIAL COMPLAINT 

(ECF No. 3) 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR RELIEF 

FROM E-FILING PROCEDURES AND 

REQUEST THAT COURT ACCEPT 

NEVADA’S CERTIFIED TRUST 

STATEMENT 

(ECF No. 4) 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 

(ECF No. 2) 

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF 

INMATE FILING FEE BY NEVADA

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Plaintiff Edmond Paul Price (“Plaintiff”) is a former California state prisoner, currently a 

Nevada state prisoner, proceeding pro se in this civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Plaintiff initiated this action on January 29, 2020. (ECF No. 1.)

With his complaint, Plaintiff filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis, (ECF No. 2), a 

motion for relief from using the Court approved form for filing of an initial complaint by an 

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inmate, (ECF No. 3), and a motion for relief from E-filing procedures and request that the Court 

accept Nevada’s “certified” trust statement, (ECF No. 4).

Plaintiff’s various motions regarding the filing of the complaint using a Court-approved 

form and the Court’s E-filing procedures are granted. Plaintiff’s complaint is not required to be 

filed on any particular form. Further, as Plaintiff is no longer housed by the California 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), even though his claims arose during his 

incarceration in California, Plaintiff is not subject to the E-Filing pilot program. Similarly, the 

Court finds the version of Nevada’s certified inmate trust statement acceptable for the purposes of 

Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis application.

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 Nevada Department of Corrections is required to send to the Clerk of the 

Court payments from Plaintiff’s trust 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).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for relief from using Court approved form for filing of initial complaint, 

(ECF No. 3), is GRANTED;

2. Plaintiff’s motion for relief from E-Filing procedures and request that the Court accept 

Nevada’s certified trust statement, (ECF No. 4), is GRANTED;

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

4. The Director of the Nevada Department of Corrections or his/her 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. 

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The payments shall be clearly identified by the name and number assigned to this 

action;

5. 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 Nevada Department of Corrections; and

6. 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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 31, 2020 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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