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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

JASON EVERETT PELLUM, SR., 

 Plaintiff,

v.

FRESNO COUNTY JAIL, 

 Defendant.

Case No. 1:13-cv-01316-MJS (PC)

ORDER (1) GRANTING

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN

FORMA PAUPERIS, and (2)

DIRECTING PAYMENT OF INMATE

FILING FEE BY FRESNO COUNTY

SHERIFF

(ECF No. 4)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action 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. Plaintiff is presently incarcerated at the 

Fresno County Jail. The Fresno County Sheriff 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).

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In accordance with the above and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that:

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

2. The Fresno County Sheriff or his/her designee shall collect payments from 

Plaintiff’s prisoner trust account in an amount equal to twenty per cent (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 Fresno County Sheriff, via the

court's electronic case filing system (CM/ECF);

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; and

5. Within sixty (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: September 4, 2013 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DEAC _Signature- END:

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