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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

FRANK MONACO BAZZO,

Plaintiff,

v.

BRAZIL, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-00768-BAM (PC)

ORDER CONSTRUING REQUEST FOR 

JUDICIAL NOTICE AS MOTION FOR 

RELIEF FROM FILING FEE

(ECF No. 10)

DENYING MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM

FILING FEE

(ECF No. 10)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO 

RE-SERVE JULY 18, 2024 ORDER ON 

PLAINTIFF

Plaintiff Frank Monaco Bazzo (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in 

forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s motion to 

proceed in forma pauperis was granted on July 18, 2024. (ECF Nos. 8, 9.)

On November 14, 2024, Plaintiff filed a document titled “Request for Judicial Notice 

Strike Fee.” (ECF No. 10.) In the filing, Plaintiff states that the trust office statement reflects a 

$350 fee from this Court, even though Plaintiff is indigent and cannot pay the fee. Plaintiff 

requests that the Court strike the fee or request a certified account verification of by the trust 

office reflecting a balance of $0.38. Plaintiff further states that the last communication he 

received from the Court was on July 2, 2024. Plaintiff attaches a copy of his inmate trust 

statement. (Id.) The Court construes the filing as a motion for relief from the filing fee.

Plaintiff is informed that although the Court found that Plaintiff was unable to prepay the 

filing fee for this action, he remains obligated to pay the full amount of the filing fee. In the 

Court’s July 18, 2024 order granting Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis, it was 

explained to Plaintiff that he was obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this 

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action, in monthly payments of twenty percent of the preceding month’s income credited to his 

trust account. (Id. at 2.) The Director of the California Department of Corrections or his 

designee was ordered 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. (Id.

(citing 28 U.S.C § 1915(b)(2))). The entire $350.00 filing fee is statutorily required, and must be 

collected from Plaintiff’s institutional account regardless of the outcome of this action. See, e.g.,

Myers v. Pulido, No. 1:16-cv-00638-SAB-PC, 2016 WL 6723937, at *1 (E.D. Cal. Nov. 14, 

2016). 

Plaintiff is also reminded that when he completed his application to proceed in forma 

pauperis, he signed the application and “authorize[d] the agency having custody of me to collect 

from my trust account and forward to the Clerk of the United States District Court payments in 

accordance with 28 U.S.C. section 1915(b)(2).” (ECF No. 8, p. 2.) The fact that Plaintiff 

currently does not have money in his trust account does not remove his obligation to pay the 

filing fee from future deposits to his account. As a result, Plaintiff’s motion to be relieved of the 

obligation to pay this fee is denied.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

1. Plaintiff’s request for judicial notice, (ECF No. 10), is CONSTRUED as a motion for 

relief from the filing fee;

2. Plaintiff’s motion for relief from the filing fee, (ECF No. 10), is DENIED; and

3. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to re-serve the July 18, 2024 order granting 

Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis, (ECF No. 9), on Plaintiff at his current 

address of record.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 18, 2024 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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