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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

LEANARD COBBS, JR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

KERN COUNTY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:23-cv-00360-CDB (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. 5)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY THE KERN

COUNTY SHERIFF

Plaintiff Leanard Cobbs, Jr., is a county jail inmate proceeding pro se in this civil rights 

action filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 and has made the showing required by subsection 1915(a). 

Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. 

Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action and to make 

monthly payments in the amount of twenty percent (20%) of the preceding month’s income 

credited to Plaintiff’s trust account. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). The Kern County Sheriff is required 

to send to the Clerk of 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).

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED:

1. Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, (Doc. 2), is GRANTED;

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2. The Kern County Sheriff or his 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 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 Court. The payments shall be clearly identified by the name 

and number assigned to this action. 

3. The Clerk of Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and a copy of 

Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis application on the Lerdo Justice Facility located at 17695 Industrial 

Farm Road, Bakersfield, CA 93308.

4. The Clerk of Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial 

Department, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division.

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 he has not done so already.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 3, 2023 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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