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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

TROY LEON CLOWERS, JR.,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

MARGARET MIMS, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:14-cv-01488-GSA-PC

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Docs. 6, 7, 8.)

 and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF 

INMATE FILING FEE BY FRESNO 

COUNTY SHERIFF

Plaintiff is a Fresno County Jail inmate proceeding pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 

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. The 

Fresno County Sheriff 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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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 Fresno County Sheriff or her designee shall collect payments from 

plaintiff’s inmate 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 Fresno County Sheriff, 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, Sacramento 

Division; and

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

certified copy of his inmate 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 21, 2014 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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