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Parties Involved:
Fresno County Jail
Defendant
LaTonia Jones
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LATONIA JONES,

Plaintiff,

v.

FRESNO COUNTY JAIL,

Defendant.

1:16-cv-00132-MJS (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 2)

AND

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY FRESNO 

COUNTY SHERIFF

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) 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. The Fresno County Sheriff 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).

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

HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED;

2. The Fresno County Sheriff 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 application on the Fresno County Jail, 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, 

Sacramento Division.

5. Within sixty (60) days of the date of service of this order, plaintiff shall 

submit a certified copy of her 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 29, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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