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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

ROLLAND HANLEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

OPINSKI, et al.,

Defendants.

1:16-cv-00391-MJS

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 2.)

Plaintiff is a county jail inmate proceeding pro se in a civil rights action 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 Merced County 

Sheriff 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).

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In accordance with the above and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED;

2. The Merced County Sheriff or 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. 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 Merced County Jail, 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, 

Sacramento Division.

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: May 20, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

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