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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CESAR MORENO,

Plaintiff,

v.

S. PUTNAM, et al.,

Defendant.

1:16-cv-01429-MJS

ORDER 

1. GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS, 

AND

2. DIRECTING PAYMENT OF INMATE 

FILING FEE BY FCI TERRE HAUTE 

FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL 

INSTITUTION

 (ECF NO. 2)

Plaintiff is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se pursuant to 403 U.S. 388 (1971)

and has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 

Plaintiff has made the showing required by § 1915(a) and accordingly, the request to 

proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing 

fee of $350.00 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. FCI Terre Haute 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 

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HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) is GRANTED;

2. The Warden of FCI Terre Haute or his designee 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 $350.00 has been collected and 

forwarded to the Clerk of the Court. The 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 Warden of FCI Terre Haute, 

Federal Correctional Institution, 4200 Bureau Road North, Terre Haute, IN 

47808.

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, Sacramento 

Division.

5. Within thirty (60) days of the date of service of this order, plaintiff shall submit 

a certified copy of his/her prison trust account statement for the six-month 

period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint, if plaintiff has not 

already done so.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 24, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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