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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

AGUSTIN SALAZAR,

Plaintiff,

v.

FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE,

Defendant.

1:24-cv-00167-HBK (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. No. 6)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY THE 

FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF

Plaintiff—a prisoner—initiated this action on February 6, 2024, by filing a pro se civil rights 

complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. No. 1, Complaint). Plaintiff seeks leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis on his Complaint and submitted a copy of his prison trust fund 

statement in support. (Doc. No. 6). Plaintiff has made the showing required by § 1915(a) to 

proceed in forma pauperis but remains obligated to pay the full statutory filing fee of $350.00 for 

this action. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Pursuant to § 1915(b)(1)(A), Plaintiff is obligated to

make an initial payment of $12.001(20% of the average 6-month deposits to the prisoner’s 

account). Thereafter, Plaintiff must make monthly payments of 20% of the preceding month’s 

income credited to his trust account. The Fresno County Sheriff is required to send the initial 

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

or average monthly balance. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1)(A), (B). Plaintiff had an average of $60.00 in 

deposits over the relevant six-month period. 

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$12.00 payment to the Clerk of the Court and subsequent payments from Plaintiff’s account each 

time the amount in Plaintiff’s account exceeds $10.00, until the statutory filing fee is paid in full. 

28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). Id. 

According, it is ORDERED:

1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. No. 6) is GRANTED.

2. The Fresno County Sheriff or his designee shall forward an initial payment of 

$12.00 to the Clerk of the Court from Plaintiff’s prison trust account in accordance 

with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1)(B) and 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 (Doc. No. 6) on the Fresno County Sheriff located at 2200 

Fresno St., Fresno, CA 93721.

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.

Dated: February 23, 2024 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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