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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

DONALD E. HOLLINS,

Plaintiff,

v.

D. RHODES, et al.,

Defendants.

1:20-cv-000692-EPG (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 2 in No. 1:20-cv-00775-NONE-EPG)

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Plaintiff, Donald E. Hollins, is a prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed this action (“Original Action”) on May 18, 2020, but 

did not pay the $400.00 filing fee or submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant 

to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Accordingly, on May 21, 2020, the Court entered an order directing Plaintiff 

to submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the filing fee within 45 days. 

(Original Action, ECF No. 4.) 

On June 3, 2020, Plaintiff submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) 

along with a complaint that was marked as an “original complaint” but is essentially an exact 

duplicate of the original complaint filed in the Original Action. Plaintiff did not put any case 

number on these documents. As a result, the IFP application and new complaint did not get filed 

in the Original Action but were instead filed as a new action and assigned Case No. 1:20-cv00775-DAD-BAM (“New Action”). (New Action, ECF Nos. 1, 2.) 

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On June 4, 2020, in the New Action, the Clerk of Court issued a notice that directed the 

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) to submit a Prison Trust 

Account Statement. (New Action, ECF No. 4.) This notice was served on both CDCR and 

Plaintiff. On June 5, 2020, Plaintiff submitted a certified trust account statement in the Original 

Action. (Original Action, ECF No. 5.) On June 12, 2020, the District Judge entered an order 

consolidating the Original Action with the New Action. (Original Action, ECF No. 8; New 

Action, ECF No. 7.)

Based on the IFP application filed in the New Action (New Action, ECF No. 2) and the 

trust account statement filed in the Original Action (Original Action, ECF No. 5), 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 California Department of 

Corrections 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;

2. The Director of the California Department of Corrections or his 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. 

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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 Director of the California Department of 

Corrections, via the court’s 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, Sacramento Division.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 15, 2020 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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