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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

CHRISTOPHER L. BRYS,

Plaintiff,

v.

STANISLAUS COUNTY SHERIFFS 

DEPARTMENT, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:19-cv-00838-DAD-BAM (PC)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

TO WAIVE REMAINING FEES

(ECF No. 13)

Plaintiff Christopher L. Brys (“Plaintiff”) is a former county jail inmate proceeding pro se

and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s request for waiver of the remaining filing fee, 

filed February 7, 2020. (ECF No. 13.) Plaintiff states that upon his release from jail, he is 

homeless, on food stamps, and not working. Plaintiff requests whether there is a way to waive 

the remaining fees in this action. (Id.)

Even though Plaintiff was granted in forma pauperis status, he is required to pay the 

$350.00 filing fee in installments withdrawn from his prisoner trust account, as required by Title

28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1), which states:

[I]f a prisoner brings a civil action or files an appeal in forma pauperis, the 

prisoner shall be required to pay the full amount of a filing fee. The court shall 

assess and, when funds exist, collect, as a partial payment of any court fees 

required by law, an initial partial filing fee of 20 percent of the greater of—

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(A) the average monthly deposits to the prisoner’s account; or

(B) the average monthly balance in the prisoner’s account for the 6-monthly 

period immediately proceeding the filing of the complaint or notice of appeal.

Title 28 U.S.C. § 1915 does not provide any authority or mechanism for the Court to reduce or 

waive the payment of Plaintiff’s filing fee, or to suspend collection of the filing fee while Plaintiff 

is incarcerated. As Plaintiff is now out of custody, he can continue to pay the filing fee to the 

Court in installments as he is able.

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion to waive the remaining fees, (ECF No. 13), is HEREBY 

DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 10, 2020 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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