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Parties Involved:
J. Cuifo
Defendant
Jerome A. Porter-Bey
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

JEROME A. PORTER-BEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. CUIFO,

 Defendants.

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1:10-cv-00834-LJO-MJS (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY

LEWISBURG U.S. PENITENTIARY

Plaintiff is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se pursuant to 403 U.S. 388 (1971) 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 his request to proceed in forma pauperis will be

granted. 

Nevertheless, plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action 

(28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1)) in monthly payments equal to twenty percent of the preceding month’s

income credited to his trust account. The Lewisburg U.S. Penitentiary 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:

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1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED;

2. The Warden of the Lewisburg U.S. Penitentiary 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 Warden of the Lewisburg U.S. Penitentiary, at 2400

Robert F. Miller Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837.

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.

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

certified copy of his/her 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: May 27, 2010 /s/Michael J. Seng 

ci4d6 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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