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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

DONSHEA LAVON RAMSOM,

Plaintiff,

v.

LUCY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-00662-BAM (PC)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 2)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF 

INMATE FILING FEE BY RIO COSUMNES 

CORRECTIONAL CENTER

Plaintiff Donshea Lavon Ramsom (“Plaintiff”) is a county jail inmate proceeding pro se in 

this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

On May 31, 2024, Plaintiff initiated this action in the Sacramento Division of the United 

States District Court for the Eastern District of California, together with a motion to proceed in 

forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF Nos. 1, 2.) This action was transferred to the 

Fresno Division on June 6, 2024. (ECF No. 4.)

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 (20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to Plaintiff’s 

trust account. The Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center is required to send to the Clerk of the 

Court payments from Plaintiff’s trust account each time the amount in the account exceeds 

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$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 No. 2), is GRANTED;

2. The Warden/Sheriff of the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center or his or her 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 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 Warden/Sheriff of the Rio Cosumnes Correctional 

Center, via the United States Postal Service; 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: June 6, 2024 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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