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Parties Involved:
Jason Scott Hounihan
Plaintiff
Jose C. Villasenor
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JASON SCOTT HOUNIHAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOSE C. VILLASENOR,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:23-cv-00163-EPG (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 2)

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY THE 

TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF

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 Tulare County Sheriff, or 

his or her designee, is required to send to the Clerk of 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 Tulare County Sheriff, or his or her 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 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 Court. The payments shall be clearly 

identified by the name and number assigned to this action. 

3. The Clerk of Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and a copy of 

Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis application on the Tulare County Sheriff located at 833 S. 

Akers St., Visalia, CA 93277.

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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 6, 2023 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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