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Parties Involved:
Randall B. Clark
Plaintiff
Shearer
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

RANDALL B. CLARK,

Plaintiff,

v.

OFFICER SHEARER 

(HANFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT),

Defendant.

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1:10-cv-00505-SMS

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. 2)

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS

Plaintiff, Randall B. Clark, 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). Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis is hereby

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 California Department of

Corrections 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. The Director of the California Department of Corrections 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 applications on the Director 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, Fresno Division.

5. Plaintiff's complaint is subject to screening, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). 

This Court's screening order will follow. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 28, 2010 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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