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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 05:552 Freedom of Information Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM M. BRYSON, JR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

SUSAN B. GERSON, et al,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-CV-01979-LJO-SMS

ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF

TO PAY FILING FEE OR TO FILE 

APPLICATION TO PROCEED 

IN FORMA PAUPERIS

On December 2, 2013, Plaintiff William M. Bryson, Jr., filed the above-entitled action. He 

failed to include either the $350.00 filing fee or an application to proceed in forma pauperis. The 

Court cannot proceed to screen his complaint until Plaintiff has either submitted the filing fee or his 

application to proceed in forma pauperis, that is, without paying the fee, has been approved.

For Plaintiff's information, the Court notes that even if a prisoner is permitted to proceed in 

forma pauperis, he or she must nonetheless pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00. 28 U.S.C. § 

1915(b)(1). Under the statute, he or she is obligated to make monthly payments equal to the 

amount of twenty percent (20%) of the previous month's income credited to his prison trust 

account. The Bureau of Prisons is required to send to the Clerk of 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 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).

Accordingly, the Court hereby ORDERS Plaintiff to pay to the Clerk of Court the $350.00 

filing fee or to submit to the Court a fully completed petition to proceed in forma pauperis. The fee 

or petition shall be submitted within thirty (30) days of this order. In the event that Plaintiff fails to 

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submit either the filing fee or a fully completed petition to proceed in forma pauperis, this Court 

may dismiss this case without further notice.

The Clerk of Court is directed to mail this order to Plaintiff along with a form of petition for 

a prisoner to proceed in forma pauperis.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 11, 2013 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END:

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