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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

WILLIAM J. GRADFORD,

Plaintiff,

v.

WALCZACK, et al.,

Defendant.

1:20-cv-00370-SAB (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. No. 2)

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY STANISLAUS 

COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER/JAIL

Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 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 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 Stanislaus County Public 

Safety Center/Jail 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).

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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 Stanislaus County Safety Center/Jail 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. 

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 Stanislaus County Public 

Safety Center/Jail, via the United States Postal Service.

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.

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, if plaintiff has not already done so.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 18, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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