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Parties Involved:
S. Butler
Defendant
John Albert Richardson
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN ALBERT RICHARDSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

S. BUTLER,

Defendant.

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CASE NO. 1:09-cv-01151-OWW-DLB (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF

INMATE FILING FEE

Plaintiff John Albert Richardson, 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 $140.67 for this action pursuant to 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

account each time the amount in 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

his designee shall collect from plaintiff’s prison trust account an initial partial

filing fee in the amount of $140.67 and shall forward the amount to the Clerk of

the Court. Said payment shall be clearly identified by the name and number

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assigned to this action.

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

Rehabilitation or his designee shall collect from plaintiff's prison trust account the

$209.33 balance of the filing fee by collecting 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 forwarding 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). 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 the Director of the California

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 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, Fresno Division.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 23, 2010 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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