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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

DEVON DANTE HARRIS, JR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

USA,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00007-EPG (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 9)

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY THE LERDO 

JUSTICE FACILITY

Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se in this action 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 Lerdo Justice Facility is required to 

send to the Clerk of 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 Director of the Lerdo Justice Facility or his 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 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 Court. The payments shall 

be clearly identified by the name and number assigned to this action. 

3. The Clerk of Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and a copy of 

Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis application on the Director of the Lerdo Justice Facility via 

the United States Postal Service.

4. The Clerk of 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: February 19, 2020 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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