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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

JEROME A. PORTER-BEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

HARLEY G. LAPPIN, et al.,

 Defendants.

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1:10-cv-00891-LJO-MJS (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. 2)

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY USP

LEWISBURG

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 by making monthly payments in the

amount of twenty percent of the preceding month’s income credited to his prison trust account. USP

Lewisburg 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 Warden of USP Lewisburg 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 Warden of USP Lewisburg at USP Lewisburg, Attn: Inmate Trust

Account, 2400 Robert F. Miller Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837.

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.

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 complain, if plaintiff has not already done so.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 14, 2010 /s/Michael J. Seng 

ci4d6 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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