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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BOBBY AYERS,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNKNOWN,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:24-cv-01301-HBK (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. No. 2)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY THE 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS

Plaintiff, a prisoner, initiated this action on October 24, 2024, by filing a pro se civil rights 

complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. No. 1, “Complaint”). Plaintiff seeks leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis on his Complaint (Doc. No. 2) and submitted a copy of his prison trust 

fund statement and/or certification from prison officials in support (Doc. No. 6). Plaintiff has 

made the showing required by § 1915(a) to proceed in forma pauperis but remains obligated to 

pay the full $350.00 statutory filing fees as set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Pursuant to § 

1915(b)(1)(A), Plaintiff is obligated to make an initial payment of $50.001(20% of the 

average 6-month deposits to the prisoner’s account). Thereafter, Plaintiff must make monthly 

1 The statute requires an initial filing fee of 20% of the greater of the six-months average monthly deposits 

or average monthly balance. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1)(A), (B). Plaintiff had over $1502.00 in deposits over 

the relevant six-month period. 

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payments of 20% of the preceding month’s income credited to his trust account. The California 

Department of Corrections is required to send the initial $38.76 payment to the Clerk of the Court 

and subsequent payments from Plaintiff’s account each time the amount in her account exceeds 

$10.00, until the statutory filing fee is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).

ACCORDINGLY, it is ORDERED:

1. Plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. No. 5) is GRANTED.

2. The Secretary of the California Department of Corrections, or his designee shall 

forward an initial payment of $50.00 to the Clerk of the Court from Plaintiff’s prison trust 

account in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1)(B) and thereafter shall make future 

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

income credited to the Plaintiff’s trust account 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 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 Secretary 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.

Dated: November 4, 2024 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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