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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

COSME PRESAS,

Plaintiff,

v.

WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT 

SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:14-cv-01740---SKO

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S 

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN 

FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. No. 2)

Plaintiff Cosme Presas is a prisoner proceeding pro se 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 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 Kern County Sheriff’s Department 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).

 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;

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2. The Kern County Sheriff’s Department or its designee shall collect payments from 

plaintiff’s prison 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 Kern County Sheriff’s Department via the 

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, Fresno Division; and

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

certified copy of his prison trust account statement for the six-month period immediately 

preceding the filing of the complaint.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 17, 2014 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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