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Parties Involved:
Eric Lebron Springs
Plaintiff
United States of America
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERIC LEBRON SPRINGS,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:23-cv-01493-CDB (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF 

INMATE FILING FEE BY USP FLORENCE 

ADMAX

Plaintiff 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) (Docs. 2, 5) 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 

(20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to Plaintiff's trust account. USP Florence 

Admax1is 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). 

In accordance with the above and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that: 

1 On January 12, 2024, Plaintiff file a Notice of Change of Address indicating that he has 

been transferred to United States Penitentiary-Florence ADMAX, P.O. Box 8500, Florence, 

Colorado. (Doc. 12).

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1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. 2) is GRANTED;

2. The Warden of USP Florence Admax or his designee shall collect 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 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 case 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 Warden of USP Florence Admax, 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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 21, 2024 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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