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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES EDWARD WALLACE,

Plaintiff,

v.

LEMOORE PD, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:21-cv-01275-DAD-EPG 

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION 

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

AND DIRECTING PAYMENT OF 

INMATE FILING FEE BY KINGS 

COUNTY JAIL

(ECF No. 2)

Plaintiff James Edward Wallace is an inmate proceeding pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983. Plaintiff has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 

(ECF No. 2). 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 Sheriff of Kings County Jail, or his or her designee, is required to send to the 

Clerk of 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).

In accordance with the above and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) is GRANTED;

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2. The Sheriff of Kings County Jail, or his or her 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 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 Court. The payments 

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

3. The Clerk of Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and a copy of Plaintiff’s in 

forma pauperis application on the Sheriff of Kings County Jail, via the Court’s 

electronic case filing system (CM/ECF).

4. The Clerk of Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial 

Department, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 25, 2021 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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