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Parties Involved:
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Defendant
Mikeal Stine
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MIKEAL STINE,

Plaintiff,

v.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS,

Defendant.

1:13-cv-01883-MJS (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 6)

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY USP 

FLORENCE

Plaintiff is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 1331 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. USP Florence 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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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. USP Florence 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 USP Florence, 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, United States 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: January 31, 2014 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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