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Parties Involved:
Samaul Cortez
Defendant
Rodney Allen Williams
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RODNEY ALLEN WILLIAMS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SAMAUL CORTEZ, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:24-cv-2085 AC P 

ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF INMATE 

FILING FEE 

To: The Sheriff of San Joaquin County, Attention: Inmate Trust Account, 7000 Michael Canlis 

Boulevard, French Camp, California 95231: 

 Plaintiff, a county jail inmate proceeding in forma pauperis, is obligated to pay the 

statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. Plaintiff is assessed an initial partial filing fee of 

twenty percent (20%) of the greater of (a) the average monthly deposits to plaintiff’s trust 

account; or (b) the average monthly balance in plaintiff’s account for the 6-month period 

immediately preceding the filing of this action. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Upon payment of that 

initial partial filing fee, plaintiff will be obligated to make monthly payments in the amount of 

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

San Joaquin County Sheriff is required to send to the Clerk of the Court the initial partial filing 

fee and thereafter payments from plaintiff’s inmate trust account each time the amount in the 

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account exceeds $10.00, until the statutory filing fee of $350.00 is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915(b)(2). 

 Good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. The Sheriff of San Joaquin County or a designee shall collect from plaintiff’s inmate 

trust account an initial partial filing fee in accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915(b)(1) as set forth in this order and shall forward the amount to the Clerk of the Court. The 

payment shall be clearly identified by the name and number assigned to this action. 

 2. Thereafter, the Sheriff of San Joaquin County or a designee shall collect from 

plaintiff’s inmate trust account monthly payments in an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of 

the preceding month’s income credited to the inmate’s trust account and forward 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 the $350.00 filing fee for this action has been paid in full. 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 

signed in forma pauperis affidavit on the Sheriff of San Joaquin County, Attention: Inmate Trust 

Account, 7000 Michael Canlis Boulevard, French Camp, California 95231. 

 4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial 

Department of the court. 

DATED: December 20, 2024 

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