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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAYMOND CROWTHER,

Plaintiff,

 v.

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, 

et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 08-01981 CW (PR)

ORDER REGARDING IN FORMA

PAUPERIS MOTION

Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed this pro se civil rights

action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On that same date, the Clerk of the

Court sent Plaintiff a notice directing him to pay the filing fee

or to file a completed in forma pauperis (IFP) application. 

Plaintiff filed a completed IFP application and a copy of his

prisoner trust account statement; however, Plaintiff did not file a

copy of his Certificate of Funds.

Ordinarily, a plaintiff is permitted to file a civil action in

federal court without prepayment of fees or security if he submits

an affidavit that he is unable to pay such fees or give security

therefor. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). If the plaintiff is a prisoner

who alleges that he is unable to pay the full filing fee at the

time of filing, he must submit: (1) an affidavit that includes a

statement of all assets he possesses, and (2) a certified copy of

the trust fund account statement for the prisoner for the six-month

period immediately preceding the filing of the action, obtained

from the appropriate official of each prison at which the prisoner

is or was confined. See id. § 1915(a)(1), (2). If the court

determines that the plaintiff is unable to pay the full filing fee

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at the time of filing, the plaintiff will be granted leave to

proceed IFP. This means that the filing fee must be paid by way of

an installment plan, according to which the court first will assess

and collect a partial filing fee from the prisoner, and then the

prisoner will be required to make monthly payments of twenty

percent of the preceding month's income credited to the prisoner's

account until the full $350.00 filing fee is paid. Id.

§ 1915(b)(1). The agency having custody of the prisoner is

responsible for forwarding to the court payments from the

prisoner's account each time the amount in the account exceeds ten

dollars. See id. Therefore, before the Court will proceed to

review the complaint Plaintiff is hereby ORDERED to file a copy of

his Certificate of Funds. Plaintiff shall do so within thirty (30)

days of the date of this Order.

Failure to file a copy of Plaintiff's Certificate of Funds as

ordered herein by the thirty-day deadline shall result in the

dismissal of this action without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 7/3/08 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAYMOND CROWTHER,

Plaintiff,

 v.

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV08-01981 CW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on July 3, 2008, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle located

in the Clerk's office.

Raymond Crowther V79553

San Quentin State Prison

San Quentin, CA 94974

Dated: July 3, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Sheilah Cahill, Deputy Clerk

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