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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

MICHAEL N. JACOBSEN,

Plaintiff,

v.

CURRAN, et al,

Defendant.

1:16-cv-01050-MJS (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Document# 2)

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY SHERIFF OR 

DIRECTOR OF FRESNO COUNTY JAIL

Plaintiff is a county jail inmate 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. 28 U.S.C. ' 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff is obligated to make 

monthly payments in the amount of twenty percent of the preceding month=s income 

credited to plaintiff=s trust account. The Sheriff or Director of the Fresno County Jail 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 

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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;

2. The Sheriff or Director of the Fresno County Jail 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 Sheriff or Director of the Fresno 

County Jail, via the court's electronic case filing system (CM/ECF).

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.

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 plaintiff has not already 

done so.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 25, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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