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Parties Involved:
Charles
Defendant
Andy Gomez
Plaintiff
Gonzalez
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDY GOMEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

GONZALEZ, CHARLES,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:22-cv-00977-HBK

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. No. 2)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY THE 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS

Plaintiff, a prisoner, initiated this action on August 5, 2022, by filing a pro se civil rights 

complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. No. 1, Complaint). Plaintiff seeks leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis on his Complaint and submitted a copy of his prison trust fund 

statement and a Certification from prison officials in support. (Doc. No. 2). Plaintiff has made 

the showing required by § 1915(a) to proceed in forma pauperis but remains obligated to pay the 

statutory filing fees as set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff is obligated to make an initial 

payment of $38.541(20% of the average 6-month balance immediately preceding the filing 

of the complaint). Id., § 1915(b)(1)(B). Thereafter, Plaintiff is required to make monthly 

payments of 20% of the preceding month’s income credited to his trust account. The California 

1 According to the Certification, Plaintiff’s average monthly balance for the 6-month preceding 

the filing of the Complaint was $192.69. (Doc. No. 2 at 3). 

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Department of Corrections is required to send the initial $35.54 payment to the Clerk of the Court 

and subsequent payments from Plaintiff’s account each time the amount in his account exceeds 

$10.00, until the statutory filing fee is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).

ACCORDINGLY, it is ORDERED:

1. Plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. No. 2) is GRANTED.

2. The Secretary of the California Department of Corrections, or his designee shall 

forward an initial payment of $38.54 to the Clerk of the Court from Plaintiff’s prison trust 

account in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1)(B) and shall make future monthly 

payments in an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the preceding month’s income 

credited to the Plaintiff’s trust account 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 Secretary 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.

Dated: August 10, 2022 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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