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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHNNY LEE SLOAN, JR., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

COMMISSIONER OF THE 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS 

AND REHABILITATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:15-cv-1921 MCE AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, is proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed an in forma pauperis affidavit and certified prison trust account 

statement that shows he currently has $8,997.67 in his account. ECF No. 9. 

 In order to commence an action, plaintiff must file a complaint as required by Rule 3 of 

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and either pay both the $350.00 filing fee and the $50.00 

administrative fee for a civil action or file an application requesting leave to proceed in forma 

pauperis.1

 See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). The court may authorize the commencement of an 

action “without prepayment of fees or security therefor” by an individual who submits an 

affidavit evidencing an inability to pay such fees or give security therefor. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). 

 

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 Litigants proceeding in forma pauperis are not required to pay the $50.00 administrative fee. 

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Plaintiff has made an inadequate showing of indigency in the affidavit before the court. He will 

therefore be granted twenty-one days in which to submit the appropriate filing fee to the Clerk of 

the Court. Plaintiff is cautioned that failure to pay the fee will result in a recommendation that the 

application to proceed in forma pauperis be denied and the instant action be dismissed without 

prejudice. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, within twenty-one days from the date of 

this order, plaintiff shall submit the appropriate filing and administrative fees totaling $400 to the 

Clerk of the Court. 

DATED: March 2, 2016 

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