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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

ERIC M. WATKINS, 

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

T. KENWORTHY, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:14-cv-00672-LJO-GSA-PC

 

ORDER VACATING FINDINGS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS OF JULY 21, 2014

(Doc. 13.)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. 14.)

 AND

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF 

$120.50 BALANCE OWED FOR INMATE 

FILING FEE BY CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION

Eric M. Watkins (Aplaintiff@) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983. Plaintiff filed this action on March 26, 2014, at the U.S. 

District Court for the Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division. (Doc. 1.) On April 

25, 2014, plaintiff submitted $200.00 as partial payment of the $400.00 filing fee for this 

action. (Doc. 5.) On May 2, 2014, the case was transferred to the Fresno Division of the 

Eastern District of California. (Doc. 6.)

On May 8, 2014, the court issued an order requiring plaintiff to either pay the $200.00 

balance of the filing fee owed for this action, or complete and return an application to proceed 

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in forma pauperis, within thirty days. (Doc. 9.) The thirty-day deadline passed, and plaintiff 

did not make any payment, return the application, or otherwise respond to the court’s order. 

(Court Record.)

On July 21, 2014, the undersigned issued findings and recommendations to dismiss this 

action for plaintiff’s failure to obey the court’s order of May 8, 2014. (Doc. 13.) Plaintiff was 

granted leave to file objections to the findings and recommendations within thirty days. Id.

On August 13, 2014, plaintiff made a payment of $79.50 and also submitted an

application to proceed in forma pauperis. (Doc. 14; Court Record.) In light of plaintiff’s 

payment and his submission of the application to proceed in forma pauperis, the court shall 

vacate the findings and recommendations of July 21, 2014.

The court has examined plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff 

has made the showing required by § 1915(a) and accordingly, the application will be granted. 

Plaintiff is obligated to pay the balance of the statutory filing fee of $120.50 owed 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 

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 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 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 Director of the California Department of Corrections and 

Rehabilitation 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 

$120.50 has been collected and forwarded to the Clerk of the Court. The

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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 Director of the California 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, via the court’s electronic case 

filing system; and

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, Fresno Division.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 20, 2014 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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