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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

TOM M. FRANKS,

Plaintiff,

v.

R.C. JOHNSON, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00367-AWI-SAB

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF 

INMATE FILING FEE BY CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION

(ECF No. 2)

Tom M. Franks (“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. (ECF No. 

2.) 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 and Rehabilitation 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 Director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

or their 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 and Rehabilitation, 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, Sacramento 

Division; and 

5. Notwithstanding this order, the Court does not direct that service of the complaint 

be undertaken until the Court screens the complaint in due course and issues its 

screening order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 17, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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