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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 05:552 Freedom of Information Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM M. BRYSON, JR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

SUSAN B. GERSON, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-CV-01979-LJO-SMS

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION 

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. 3) 

Plaintiff William M. Bryson, Jr., a prisoner proceeding pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 

has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Because Plaintiff 

has made the showing required by § 1915(a), the Court grants his motion to proceed in forma 

pauperis.

Plaintiff must nonetheless pay the statutory filing fee of $400.00 for this action. 28 U.S.C. § 

1915(b)(1). Under the statute, he is obligated to make monthly payments equal to the amount of 

twenty percent (20%) of the previous month's income credited to his prison trust account. The 

Bureau of Prisons is required to send to the Clerk of 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).

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Accordingly, the Court hereby ORDERS:

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

2. The Director of the United States Bureau of Prisons 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 Plaintiff's trust account and shall forward those 

payments to the Clerk of 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 $400.00 has been collected and 

forwarded to the Clerk of Court. The payments shall be clearly identified by the name and 

number assigned to this action.

3. The Clerk of 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 Bureau of Prisons via the Court's electronic case 

filing system (CM/ECF).

4. The Clerk of 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. The Clerk of Court shall not issue new case or service documents until the complaint 

has been screened in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915A.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 15, 2014 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END:

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