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Parties Involved:
Calaveras County Sheriffs Jail
Defendant
Jon L. Nyland
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JON L. NYLAND,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALAVERAS COUNTY SHERIFFS 

JAIL,

Defendant.

1:15-cv-01116-MJS (PC)

ORDER:

1) GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS; AND

2) DIRECTING PAYMENT OF INMATE 

FILING FEE BY CALAVERAS COUNTY 

JAIL

(ECF No. 2)

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. (ECF No. 2) 

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 Calaveras County 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).

In accordance with the above and good cause appearing therefor, IT IS HEREBY 

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ORDERED that:

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

2. The Sheriff of the Calaveras County Jail 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, 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 Sheriff of the Calaveras County 

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; 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, if plaintiff has not already 

done so.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 22, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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