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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

KEVIN WILLIAM ROST, JR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

KINGS COUNTY JAIL, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00227-BAM (PC)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 5)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF 

INMATE FILING FEE BY KINGS COUNTY 

JAIL

Plaintiff Kevin William Rost, Jr. is a pretrial detainee proceeding pro se in this civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, filed on

February 24, 2020. (ECF No. 5.) Plaintiff’s application properly includes a certified copy of 

Plaintiff’s jail trust account statement that reflects the activity in Plaintiff’s trust account for the 

six months prior to the filing of the complaint. (Id. at 3-4.)

Since Plaintiff has made the showing required by § 1915, the application 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 (20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to Plaintiff’s trust 

account. The Kings County Jail is required to send to the Clerk of the Court payments from 

Plaintiff’s trust 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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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis, (ECF No. 5) is GRANTED;

2. The Sheriff of the Kings County Jail or his/her designee shall collect 

payments from Plaintiff’s jail 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, (ECF No. 5), on the Sheriff of the Kings 

County Jail, via mail, at P.O. Box 1699, Hanford, CA 93230; and

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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 26, 2020 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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