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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GENEA SCOTT,

Plaintiff, CV F 05 1282 OWW WMW P

vs. ORDER 

SAMPATH SURADEVERA, et al.,

Defendants.

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding with retained counsel in a civil rights

action. Pending before the court is Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file an amended complaint. 

Plaintiff filed this action pro se. Along with the complaint, plaintiff filed an 

application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Subsequently, counsel

for plaintiff filed a notice of substitution of counsel. Though plaintiff is represented by counsel,

the filing fee remains outstanding. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a), the filing fee for a civil

action is $250. 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1), plaintiff is liable for the filing fee. In the

normal course of prisoner litigation, the court would enter an order directing the Department of

Corrections to collect and forward to the court the filing fee from plaintiff’s trust account. The

court would assess an initial filing fee of $11.86, and would direct the Department of Corrections

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to collect and forward to the court the balance of the filing fee pursuant to the formula set forth

in section 1915(b)(1). The court will grant plaintiff, or plaintiff’s counsel, thirty days in which

to submit the filing fee in full. Should plaintiff fail to pay the filing fee, the court will grant

plaintiff leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and direct the Department of Corrections to collect

from plaintiff’s trust account and forward to the court an initial filing fee. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff is granted thirty days from

the date of service of this order in which to submit the filing fee in full. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 16, 2006 /s/ William M. Wunderlich 

mmkd34 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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