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Parties Involved:
Byron L. Scott
Plaintiff
James Tilton
Defendant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BYRON L SCOTT,

Plaintiff, No. 2:09-cv-0544 GEB KJN P

JAMES TILTON, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER FOR PAYMENT

 / OF INMATE FILING FEE

To: Director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 1515 S Street,

Sacramento, California 95814:

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, is obligated to

pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. Plaintiff is assessed an initial partial filing

fee of 20 percent of the greater of: (a) the average monthly deposits to plaintiff's trust account; or

(b) the average monthly balance in plaintiff's account for the 6-month period immediately

preceding the filing of this action. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Upon payment of that initial partial

filing fee, plaintiff will be 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 and Rehabilitation is required to send to the Clerk of the Court the initial partial

filing fee and thereafter payments from plaintiff’s prison trust account each time the amount in

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the account exceeds $10.00, until the statutory filing fee of $350.00 is paid in full. 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(b)(2).

Good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation,

or a designee, shall collect from plaintiff’s prison trust account an initial partial filing fee in

accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) as set forth in this order and shall

forward the amount to the Clerk of the Court. The payment shall be clearly identified by the

name and number assigned to this action.

2. Thereafter, the Director of the California Department of Corrections and

Rehabilitation, or a designee, shall collect from plaintiff's prison trust account monthly 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 forward 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 the $350.00 filing fee for this action has been paid in full. 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 signed in forma pauperis affidavit on Director, California Department of Corrections

and Rehabilitation, 1515 S Street, Sacramento, California 95814.

4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial

Department of the court.

DATED: February 16, 2010

 /s/ Kendall J. Newman 

 KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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