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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAUL NIVARD BEATON,

Plaintiff,

v.

AMAZON.COM, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00492-NONE-EPG

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 2)

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY THE 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS

Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and has requested 

leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (ECF No. 2). 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 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 the 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 therefore, IT IS ORDERED that:

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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 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. The payments shall be clearly 

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

3. 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 California Department of 

Corrections, via the court's electronic case filing system (CM/ECF).

4. 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.

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

certified copy of his 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: April 8, 2020 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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