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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VANCE UTLEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

ACEVEDO, et al.,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:15-cv-01086-LJO-SAB

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF 

INMATE FILING FEE BY CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

ECF NO. 3

Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding in this action under 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 proceeding month's income credited to plaintiff's trust account. The California Department 

of Corrections 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:

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1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED;

2. The Director of the California Department of Corrections 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 

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 case 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, via the court's electronic case filing system 

(CM/ECF).

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, Fresno Division.

5. Within sixty (60) days of the date of service of this order, plaintiff shall submit a 

certified copy of his/her prison trust account statement for the six−month period 

immediately preceding the filing of the complaint, if plaintiff has not already done 

so.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 16, 2015 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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