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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

COLTON JAMES ROOD,

Plaintiff,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:19-cv-01517-LJO-SAB (PC)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS

(ECF Nos. 2, 9, 11, 13)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF 

INMATE FILING FEE BY SHASTA 

COUNTY JAIL

Plaintiff Colton James Rood is a pretrial detainee proceeding pro se in this civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

On October 21, 2019, Plaintiff filed his first application to proceed in forma pauperis. 

(ECF No. 2.) However, on November 18, 2019, the Court issued an order requiring Plaintiff to 

file a completed application to proceed in forma pauperis because the application that Plaintiff 

had submitted was not completely filled out and Plaintiff had not submitted a certified copy of his 

trust account statement from the Shasta County Jail. (ECF No. 8.)

On December 9, 2019, Plaintiff filed a second application to proceed in forma pauperis. 

(ECF No. 9.) However, on December 11, 2019, the Court issued a second order requiring 

Plaintiff to file a completed application to proceed in forma pauperis on the form included with 

the order because Plaintiff had submitted his second application on an incorrect form and the 

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submitted copy of Plaintiff’s trust account statement was not certified by an authorized official of 

the Shasta County Jail. (ECF No. 10.)

On December 16, 2019, Plaintiff filed a third application to proceed in forma pauperis. 

(ECF No. 11.) However, on December 18, 2019, the Court issued a third order requiring Plaintiff 

to file a completed application to proceed in forma pauperis on the form included with the order 

because Plaintiff had again submitted his application to proceed in forma pauperis on an incorrect 

form and the submitted copy of Plaintiff’s trust account statement was not clearly certified by an 

authorized official of the Shasta County Jail. (ECF No. 12.)

Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s fourth application to proceed in forma pauperis, 

filed on December 23, 2019. (ECF No. 13.) Plaintiff’s application is on the correct form and 

includes a copy of Plaintiff’s jail trust account statement that reflects the activity in Plaintiff’s jail 

trust account for the six months prior to the filing of the complaint. (Id.) However, once again, 

the certification portion of Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis application is not completed and

Plaintiff’s jail trust account statement is not clearly certified by an authorized official of the 

Shasta County Jail. 

In a verified statement, Plaintiff asserts that the staff at the Shasta County Jail continue to 

refuse to fill out the certification portion of his application to proceed in forma pauperis and/or 

clearly certify a copy of Plaintiff’s jail trust account statement without a court order requiring 

them to do so. (ECF No. 14.) After careful consideration, the Court will not require Plaintiff to 

submit an in forma pauperis application with the certification portion of the form completed or to 

submit a certified copy of his Shasta County Jail trust account statement.

Therefore, since Plaintiff has made the showing required by § 1915, the application to 

proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. However, because the certification portion of 

Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis application is not completed and Plaintiff’s jail trust account 

statement is not certified, this order will be subject to a motion for reconsideration to contest 

Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis status, either by the Court sua sponte or by any defendant who may 

enter the case.

Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. 28 U.S.C. 

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§ 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff is obligated to make monthly payments in the amount of twenty percent

(20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to Plaintiff’s trust account. The Shasta County 

Jail is required to send to the Clerk of the Court payments from Plaintiff’s trust 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).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis, (ECF Nos. 2, 9, 11, 13) is 

GRANTED;

2. The Sheriff of the Shasta County Jail or his/her designee shall collect 

payments from Plaintiff’s jail 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, (ECF No. 13), on the Sheriff of the 

Shasta County Jail, via mail, at 1655 West Street, Redding, CA 96001; 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: January 6, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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