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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

EPHRAIM JENKINS,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. MCKAY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:20-cv-00118-SKO (PC)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS, 

DISCHARGING ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE, 

AND DIRECTING PAYMENT OF FILING FEE 

BY CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS

(Docs. 2, 5)

Plaintiff Ephraim Jenkins, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, moves the Court to proceed 

in forma pauperis (IFP) in this action. (Doc. 2.) On January 27, 2020, the Court issued an order to 

show cause why Plaintiff’s motion should not be denied. (Doc. 5.) Plaintiff filed a response on 

February 10, 2020. (Doc. 6.) Based on the response, the Court DISCHARGES the order to show 

cause (Doc. 5) and GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion to proceed IFP (Doc. 2). Notwithstanding the 

granting of his IFP motion, Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee for this action. 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1).

Accordingly, the Court ORDERS:

1. Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. 2) is GRANTED.

2. The director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 

(CDCR) or his designee shall collect payments from Plaintiff’s inmate trust 

account in an amount equal to twenty percent of the preceding month’s income 

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credited to the 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 case 

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 director of CDCR, 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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 14, 2020 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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