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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

FRESNO DIVISION

DAVID WAYNE CROCKER,

Plaintiff,

v.

JAMES YATES, et al.,

 Defendants.

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1:07-cv-01847-LJO-SMS (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Docs. 2, 6)

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS

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 California Department of Corrections 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).

 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;

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2. The Director of the California Department of Corrections or his designee

shall collect payments from plaintiff’s prison 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 Director of the California Department of Corrections,

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, Fresno Division.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 30, 2008 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

220hhe UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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