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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

LAKEITH L. MCCOY,

Plaintiff,

v.

A. HOLGUIN, et al.,

Defendants.

1:15-cv-00768-DAD-MJS (PC)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR 

CLARIFICATION 

(ECF No. 59)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter proceeds on Plaintiff’s Second 

Amended Complaint asserting excessive force and failure to protect claims against 19 

Defendants following a March 2015 assault. On March 7, 2017, the undersigned issued 

findings and recommendations recommending that Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis status be 

revoked and he be directed to pay the $400 filing fee in full. (ECF No. 56.) Those 

findings and recommendations are now before the district judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 

636(b)(1)(C).

In the interim, Plaintiff filed a motion for clarification concerning the amount of 

money he would owe in the event the district judge adopts the findings and 

recommendations. (ECF No. 59.) 

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When bringing an action, a prisoner must either pay the $350.00 filing fee and a 

$50.00 administrative fee in a lump sum or, if granted the privilege of proceeding in 

forma pauperis, pay the $350.00 filing fee incrementally as set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 

1915(b)(1). Effective May 1, 2013, the Clerks of Court for the United States District 

Courts are required to collect a $50.00 administrative fee for the filing of a civil action, 

suit, or proceeding in a district court. See Judicial Conference Schedule of Fees, District 

Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule & 14 (effective May 1, 2013), foll. 28 U.S.C. § 1914. 

However, the administrative fee “does not apply to applications for a writ of habeas 

corpus or to persons granted in forma pauperis.”

When Plaintiff was granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis on July 14, 2015 

(ECF No. 9), he was directed to pay the $350 filing fee pursuant to § 1915(b)(1). In the 

event that the district judge adopts the undersigned’s recommendation to revoke 

Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis status, Plaintiff will be required to pay the $400 filing fee in 

full, which includes the additional $50 administrative fee. This payment may be made to 

the United States District Court Clerk of Court. The Clerk's Office of the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of California, Fresno Division is located in Room 

1501 on the 1st Floor of the Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse, 2500 Tulare 

Street, Fresno, California 93721.

Based on the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion for 

clarification (ECF No. 59) is GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 14, 2017 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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