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Parties Involved:
Ronald F. Martinez
Plaintiff
C. Rodriguez
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RONALD F. MARTINEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

C. RODRIGUEZ,

Defendant.

Case No.: 1:21-cv-01495-NONE-JLT (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. 11)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION

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 section 1915(a), and accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis is 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 and Rehabilitation 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).

Accordingly, the Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED;

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

or his designee shall collect payments from Plaintiff’s prison trust account in an amount 

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equal to 20% of the preceding month’s income credited to the prisoner’s trust account and 

shall forward those payments to the Clerk of 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. 

2. The Clerk of Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and a copy of 

Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis application Director of the California Department of Corrections

and Rehabilitation via the Court's electronic case filing system (CM/ECF). The Clerk of Court is 

directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial Department, U.S. District Court, Eastern 

District of California, Sacramento Division.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 6, 2021 _ /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

 CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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