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Parties Involved:
Jonathan Hughes
Plaintiff
Brandon Kelly
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JONATHAN HUGHES,

Plaintiff,

v.

BRANDON KELLY,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:24-cv-00660-HBK (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. No. 5)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY THE 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION

Plaintiff, a prisoner, initiated this action on June 5, 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 (Doc. No. 5) and enclosed a copy of his prison trust 

fund statement and/or certification from prison officials in support. Plaintiff has made the 

showing required by § 1915(a) to proceed in forma pauperis but remains obligated to pay the full 

$350.00 statutory filing fees as set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Pursuant to § 1915(b)(1)(A),

Plaintiff is obligated to make an initial payment of $49.551(20% of the average 6-month 

deposits to the prisoner’s account). Thereafter, Plaintiff must make monthly payments of 20% 

1 The statute requires an initial filing fee of 20% of the greater of the six-months average monthly deposits 

or average monthly balance. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1)(A), (B). Plaintiff had $1100.00 in deposits over the 

relevant six-month period. 

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of the preceding month’s income credited to his trust account. The California Department of 

Corrections is required to send the initial $49.55 payment to the Clerk of the Court and 

subsequent payments from Plaintiff’s account each time the amount in her account exceeds 

$10.00, until the statutory filing fee is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).

ACCORDINGLY, it is ORDERED:

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

2. The Secretary of the California Department of Corrections, or his designee shall 

forward an initial payment of $49.55 to the Clerk of the Court from Plaintiff’s prison trust 

account in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1)(B) and shall make future monthly 

payments in an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the preceding month’s income 

credited to the Plaintiff’s trust account 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 Secretary 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.

Dated: July 2, 2024 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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