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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

DARRYL WALLACE,

Plaintiff,

v.

STEWART SHERMAN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00213-EPG (PC)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(ECF NO. 2)

Plaintiff Darryl Wallace (“Wallace”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis in this civil action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

The Court has reviewed the application and finds that Plaintiff has made the showing 

required by § 1915(a), and accordingly, the application to proceed in forma pauperis is 

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 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. The Director of the California Department of Corrections or his/her 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 

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accounts 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 number assigned to this action;

2. 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 case filing system (CM/ECF); and 

3. 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. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 19, 2020 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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