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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

RAUL ERNEST ALONSO-PRIETO,

Plaintiff,

v.

B. PIERCE,

 Defendants.

_____________________________/

Case No. 1:11-cv-00024-MJS-(PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY 

TORRANCE COUNTY DETENTION

FACILITY 

Plaintiff is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se pursuant to 403 U.S. 388 (1971) and has

requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 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 Correctional Center 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 HEREBY

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ORDERED that:

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

2. The Warden of Torrance County Detention Facility or his 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 the Warden of the Torrance County Detention

Facility, via United States Mail. 

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, Fresno Division.

5. Within thirty (30) days of the date of service of this order, Plaintiff shall submit a

certified copy of his/her 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: January 10, 2011 /s/Michael J. Seng 

97k110 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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