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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

NATHANIEL WASHINGTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

JENNIFER L. THURSTON, ET AL.,

Defendants.

1:24-cv-00254-HBK (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. No. 5)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY THE 

KERN COUNTY SHERIFF

Plaintiff—a prisoner—initiated this action on February 29, 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 on March 18, 2024. (Doc. No. 5). 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). Plaintiff must make monthly payments in the amount of 

twenty percent (20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to Plaintiff’s trust account. 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). The Kern County Sheriff 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. Id.

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According, it is ORDERED:

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

2. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (b)(1)The Kern County Sheriff or his 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 the Court each time the 

amount in the account exceeds $10.00 until a total of $350.00 has been collected and 

forwarded to the Clerk of the Court. The payments shall be clearly identified by 

Plaintiff’s name and the case 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. 5) on the Kern County Sheriff located at 17695 

Industrial Farm Road, Bakersfield, CA 93308.

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: March 18, 2024 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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