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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

WILLIAM MORENO,

Plaintiff,

v.

BURNES, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00065-BAM (PC)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 5)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF 

INMATE FILING FEE BY KINGS COUNTY 

JAIL

Plaintiff William Moreno (“Plaintiff”) is a county jail inmate proceeding pro se in this 

civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

On January 27, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 1915, together with a certified copy of his inmate trust account statement. (ECF No. 5.) 

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. Kings County Jail 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).

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis, (ECF No. 5), is GRANTED;

2. The Sheriff of Kings County Jail or his or 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 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 Sheriff of the Kings County Jail, via the 

United States Postal Service; and

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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 28, 2020 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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