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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

JOHN RAY DYNES,

Plaintiff,

v.

FRESNO COUNTY DETENTION

CENTER MAINTENANCE STAFF,

 Defendants.

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1:10-cv-00748-MJS (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. 2)

and

DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY

FRESNO COUNTY JAIL

Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 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, his 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). He shall make monthly payments in the amount of twenty

percent (20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to his jail trust account. The Fresno

County Jail 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 Sheriff of the Fresno County Jail 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 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 Sheriff of the Fresno County Jail, via the court's

electronic case filing system (CM/ECF).

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 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 unless he has already done so.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 16, 2010 /s/Michael J. Seng 

ci4d6 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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