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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GERRY WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

DR. KINSEY; et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 06-1418 SI (pr)

ORDER

This pro se prisoner's civil rights action was dismissed on June 18, 2007. Although the

action has long been closed, plaintiff's financial obligation for filing it remains. At the time he

filed it, plaintiff was given leave to proceed in forma pauperis, which meant that he did not have

to pay the full filing fee at the outset but nonetheless incurred an obligation to pay it. The fee

was to be paid over time with deductions from his prisoner trust account, the amounts of which

depended on the monthly balances in that account. 

Plaintiff has requested that the court waive the "remainder" of the filing fee, and states

that he is unable to use the money his family sends him for canteen purchases because that

money is diverted to pay for his filing fees. The trust account statement attached to his request

shows that he has only paid part of one of the eight filing fees he has incurred. The court's

records show that he has not yet paid any of the filing fee for this action. 

The court does not have the authority to waive the filing fee that is owed. The fee is

statutorily set, as is the formula for deducting the fee from the prisoner-plaintiff's account.

See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b). His request for a modification or waiver of the filing fee is DENIED.

Case 3:06-cv-01418-SI Document 33 Filed 04/30/10 Page 1 of 2
United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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(Docket # 32.) If he wants to challenge the CDCR's implementation of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b), he

can do so by filing a new action after he exhausts administrative remedies, but he would then

owe yet another filing fee (which is now $350.00).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 30, 2010 

 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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