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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

NORMAN GERALD DANIELS, III,

Plaintiff,

v.

STU SHERMAN,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:16-cv-01312-EPG

ORDER GRANTING IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS APPLICATION

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF 

INMATE FILING FEE BY THE 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS

(ECF Nos. 2, 6)

Plaintiff Norman Gerald Daniels, III (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se while incarcerated in 

CSATF/SP at Corcoran, has filed a complaint in this action along with an application to proceed 

in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF Nos. 1, 2.) The Court previously required 

Plaintiff to submit additional documentation regarding his initial application and Plaintiff has now 

done so. (ECF No. 6.) 

Plaintiff has made the requisite showing under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Accordingly, his 

application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED. However, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 

1915(b)(1), Plaintiff remains obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action

when funds exist in his inmate trust account. Accordingly, Plaintiff shall make monthly payments 

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

account. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or 

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its designee, is required to send payments from Plaintiff’s trust account to the Clerk of the Court 

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).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED;

2. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or its designee, shall 

collect payments from Plaintiff’s inmate trust account in an amount equal to 

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

account, and, each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00, forward those 

payments to the Clerk of this Court 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 Director of the California 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, via the Court’s electronic case 

filing system (CM/ECF); and,

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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 29, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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