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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

JOSE MIGUEL RIOS,

Plaintiff,

v.

ORTIZ, et al,

Defendants.

1:23-cv-01595-HBK (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. No. 2)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY THE 

FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF

Plaintiff, a prisoner, initiated this action on November 13, 2023, by filing a pro se civil 

rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. No. 1, Complaint). Plaintiff seeks leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis on his Complaint and submitted a copy of his prison trust fund 

statement and/or certification from prison officials in support. (Doc. No. 2). Plaintiff has made 

the showing required by § 1915(a) to proceed in forma pauperis but remains obligated to pay the 

full $350.00 statutory filing fees as set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Pursuant to § 1915(b)(1)(A),

Plaintiff is obligated to make an initial payment of $15.351(20% of the average 6-month 

balance in the prisoner’s account). Thereafter, Plaintiff must make monthly payments of 20% 

of the preceding month’s income credited to his trust account. The Fresno County Sheriff is 

required to send the initial $15.35 payment to the Clerk of the Court and subsequent payments 

1 The statute requires an initial filing fee of 20% of the greater of the six-months average monthly deposits 

or average monthly balance. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1)(A), (B). Plaintiff had an average balance of $76.75 

in his inmate trust fund account over the relevant period. 

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from Plaintiff’s account each time the amount in her account exceeds $10.00, until the $350.00 

statutory filing fee is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).

ACCORDINGLY, it is ORDERED:

1. Plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. No. 2) is GRANTED.

2. The Fresno County Sheriff or his designee shall forward an initial payment of 

$15.35 to the Clerk of the Court from Plaintiff’s prison trust account in accordance with 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1)(B) and shall make future monthly payments in an amount equal to 

twenty percent (20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to the Plaintiff’s trust 

account 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 Fresno County Sheriff located at P.O. Box 872, 

Fresno, CA 93712.

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, Sacramento Division.

Dated: November 13, 2023 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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