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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH BECKER, No. 2:12-CV-3040-CMK-P

Plaintiff, 

vs. ORDER

K. FANG, et al.,

Defendants.

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Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42

U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff requests leave to proceed in forma pauperis and has submitted the

affidavit required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Plaintiff’s application does not, however, include a

certified copy of his trust account statement as required by the statute. The copy included in his

application is a non-certified copy. Based on plaintiff’s declaration, which indicates he has

requested but not received the certified copy, and his motion for a temporary restraining order,

the court will accept the application in order to proceed with service. However, plaintiff will be

required to make another attempt to obtain a certified copy of his trust account statement. If he is

again unsuccessful, he must file a declaration with the court saying so, and explaining to the

court the steps he took in his attempts to obtain one. In addition, he shall provide the name of the

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individual in the Mule Creek Prison Trust Office responsible for delaying or ignoring plaintiff’s

request(s). 

To: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

1515 S Street, Sacramento, California 95814:

Plaintiff is obligated to pay the full statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. 

In addition to any initial partial filing fee required to be assessed, plaintiff will be obligated to

make monthly payments in the amount of twenty percent of the preceding month’s income

credited to plaintiff’s inmate trust account. The agency referenced above is required to send to

the Clerk of the Court the initial partial filing fee and thereafter payments from plaintiff’s inmate

trust account each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00, until the statutory filing fee of

$350.00 is paid in full. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. 3) is

granted, but plaintiff must, within 30 days, submit a certified copy of his trust account statement

for the six-month period preceding the filing of the complaint, or a declaration as described

above;

2. Plaintiff is required to pay the full statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this

action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a) and 1915(b)(1);

3. The director of the agency referenced above, or a designee, shall collect

from plaintiff’s inmate trust account an initial partial filing fee in accordance with the provisions

of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) and shall forward the amount to the Clerk of the Court, such payment

to be clearly identified by the name and number assigned to this action;

4. Thereafter, the director of the agency referenced above, or a designee, shall

collect from plaintiff's inmate trust account the balance of the filing fee by collecting monthly

payments from plaintiff's inmate trust account in an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the

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preceding month's income credited to plaintiff’s inmate trust account and forwarding 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 the $350.00 filing fee for this action has been paid in full, such

payments to be clearly identified by the name and number assigned to this action;

5. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and a copy

of plaintiff's signed in forma pauperis affidavit to the address shown above; and

6. The Clerk of the Court is further directed to serve a copy of this order on

the Financial Department of the court.

DATED: January 7, 2013

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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