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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

CORNEL JACKSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

HERMINA MARLEY, et al.,

Defendants.

1:23-cv-00149 HBK (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. No. 2)

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY THE 

MADERA COUNTY SHERIFF

Plaintiff—a prisoner—initiated this action on January 31, 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 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 statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff must make monthly payments in the amount of twenty percent (20%) 

of the preceding month’s income credited to Plaintiff’s trust account. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). The 

Kings County Sheriff 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. Id. 

According, it is ORDERED:

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

2. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (b)(1), the Madera County Sheriff 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 

until a total of $350.00 has been collected and forwarded to the Clerk of the 

Court. The payments shall be clearly identified by Plaintiff’s name and the 

case 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 (Doc. No. 2) on the Madera County 

Sheriff located at 195 Tozer Street, Madera, CA 93638.

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: April 14, 2023 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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