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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EZELL MOORE,

Plaintiff,

v.

PHILLIP COOK, et al.,

Defendant.

1:16-cv-01033-JLT (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. 2)

ORDER DIRECTING THE KERN COUNTY 

SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO FORWARD 

PAYMENTS FROM THE PLAINTIFF’S 

TRUST ACCOUNT TO PAY THE

FILING FEE

Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983 and has requested 

leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 1915. Plaintiff has made the showing 

required by ' 1915(a) and accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. 

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

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

the preceding month=s income credited to plaintiff=s trust account. The Kern County Sheriff’s 

Office, Lerdo Max-Med Facility 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. 28 U.S.C. ' 1915(b)(2). Thus, the Court ORDERS:

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

2. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office/ theLerdo Max-Med Facility or the 

Sheriff’s designee shall collect payments from plaintiff=s trust account in an amount 

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equal to 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 on the Kern County Sheriff’s Office – Lerdo 

Max-Med Facility at 17695 Industrial Farm Road, Bakersfield, CA 93308, via United 

States Postal Service.

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.

5. Within 60 days of the date of service of this order, plaintiff shall submit a certified 

copy of his prison trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding 

the filing of the complaint, if plaintiff has not already done so.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 20, 2016 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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