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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff Jonathan Kirkelie is appearing pro se and in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983, and has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2925. 

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 also obligated to make monthly payments in the amount of twenty 

percent of the preceding month’s income credited to Plaintiff’s trust account. The Federal Bureau of 

Prisons 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). 

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JONATHAN KIRKELIE,

 Plaintiff,

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C.O. THISSELL, et al.,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 1:15-cv-00735-SAB (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF INMATE 

FILING FEE BY FEDERAL BUREAU OF 

PRISONS

[ECF No. 7]

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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 Federal Bureau of Prisons or his designee shall collect payments from 

Plaintiff’s prison trust account in an amount equal to twenty percent (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 Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons at FCI 

Mendota, at P.O. Box 39, Mendota, CA 93640.

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.

5. Within sixty (60) days of the date of service of this order, Plaintiff shall submit a certified 

copy of his 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: July 22, 2015 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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