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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BENJAMIN JUSTIN BROWNLEE,

Plaintiff,

v.

JEFFREY W. LYNCH, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:23-cv-00261-JDP (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE 

AN APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN 

FORMA PAUPERIS OR PAY THE FILING 

FEE 

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. He has not, however, filed a completed in forma pauperis affidavit or paid the 

required filing fee of $350.00 plus the $52.00 administrative fee.1See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 

1915(a). Plaintiff will be provided the opportunity either to submit the appropriate affidavit in 

support of a request to proceed in forma pauperis or to submit the required fees totaling $402.00.

The revised in forma pauperis application form includes a section that must be completed 

by a prison official, which must be accompanied by a certified copy of the prisoner’s prison trust 

account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of this action. 

However, this section is for non-CDCR incarcerated prisoners only. Because plaintiff is housed 

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If leave to file in forma pauperis is granted, plaintiff will still be required to pay the 

filing fee but will be allowed to pay it in installments. Litigants proceeding in forma pauperis are 

not required to pay the $52.00 administrative fee.

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in CDCR custody, the CDCR will email plaintiff’s certified financial information directly to the 

court. But plaintiff must still provide a signed and dated application to proceed in forma 

pauperis.

In accordance with the above, it is hereby ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, either a properly 

completed application to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided by the Clerk of Court, 

or the required fees in the amount of $402.00. Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will 

result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed.

2. The Clerk of Court is directed to send plaintiff a new Application to Proceed In Forma 

Pauperis By a Prisoner.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 17, 2023 

JEREMY D. PETERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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