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Parties Involved:
Michael Jacobsen
Plaintiff
Kirk Pool
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL JACOBSEN,

Plaintiff,

v.

KIRK POOL,

Defendant.

1:16-cv-01760-BAM (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 5)

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY FRESNO 

COUNTY JAIL

Plaintiff Michael Jacobsen (“Plaintiff”) is a county prisoner proceeding pro se under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983, and has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis under 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 Fresno County Sheriff’s Office/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).

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Good cause appearing, the Court HEREBY ORDERS that:

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

2. The Director of the Fresno County Jail 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 Director of the Fresno County Jail, 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, 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, if Plaintiff has not already done so.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 13, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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