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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES MICHAEL PAPAZIAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. DOERER,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:24-cv-01182-HBK (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. No. 5)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY THE 

BUREAU OF PRISONS

Plaintiff, a federal prisoner, initiated this action on September 18, 2024, by filing a pro se

civil rights complaint pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of 

Narcotics1. (Doc. No. 1, “Complaint”). Prior to screening, Plaintiff filed a First Amended 

Complaint. (Doc. No. 4, “FAC”). Plaintiff seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis on his FAC

and submitted a certification from prison officials in support. (Doc. No. 5). Plaintiff has made 

the showing required by § 1915(a) to proceed in forma pauperis but remains obligated to pay the 

full $350.00 statutory filing fees as set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Pursuant to § 1915(b)(1)(A),

Plaintiff is obligated to make an initial payment of $87.242(20% of the average 6-month 

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403 U.S. 388 (1971).

2 The statute requires an initial filing fee of 20% of the greater of the six-month average monthly deposits 

or average monthly balance. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1)(A), (B). Plaintiff’s average monthly balance over the 

relevant period was $436.19 and his average monthly deposits was $72.69. (Doc. No. 5 at 2).

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balance on his prisoner’s account). Thereafter, Plaintiff must make monthly payments of 20% 

of the preceding month’s income credited to his trust account. The California Department of 

Corrections is required to send the initial $87.24 payment to the Clerk of the Court from any 

deposits made into Plaintiff’s account until the $87.24 is paid and thereafter make subsequent 

payments from Plaintiff’s account each time the amount in her account exceeds $10.00, until the 

statutory filing fee is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).

ACCORDINGLY, it is ORDERED:

1. Plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. No. 5) is GRANTED.

2. The Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, or his designee shall forward an 

initial payment of $87.24 to the Clerk of the Court from Plaintiff’s prison trust account in 

accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1)(B) and thereafter shall make future monthly 

payments in an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the preceding month’s income 

credited to the Plaintiff’s trust account 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 Federal Bureau of Prison, 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.

Dated: November 19, 2024 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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