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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

NATHANIEL MARCUS GANN, et al.,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

VALLEY STATE PRISON, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:19-cv-01797-GSA-PC

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF 

NATHANIEL MARCUS GANN’S 

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN 

FORMA PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 2.)

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION

Plaintiff Nathaniel Marcus Gann 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 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 Nathaniel Marcus Gann’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is 

GRANTED;

2. The Director of the California Department of Corrections and 

Rehabilitation or his designee shall collect payments from plaintiff Nathaniel 

Marcus Gann’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 Nathaniel Marcus Gann’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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 3, 2020 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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