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Parties Involved:
Patrick R. Donahoe
Defendant
Prashant Katyal
Plaintiff
United States Postal Services
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PRASHANT KATYAL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

PATRICK R. DONAHOE, Postmaster 

General, United States Postal Services 

Defendant. 

No. 2:15-cv-1021-TLN-EFB PS 

ORDER 

Plaintiff has requested authority under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 to proceed in forma pauperis, 

and has submitted the affidavit required thereunder which demonstrates that plaintiff is unable to 

prepay fees and costs or give security for them.1

 ECF No. 2. Accordingly, the request to proceed 

in forma pauperis is granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), the court is directed to dismiss a case filed pursuant to 

the in forma pauperis statute if, at any time, it determines that the allegation of poverty is untrue, 

or if the action is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted, or 

seeks monetary relief against an immune defendant. The court cannot make this determination on 

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 This case, in which plaintiff is proceeding in propria persona, was referred to the 

undersigned pursuant to Eastern District of California Local Rule 302(c)(21). See 28 U.S.C. 

§ 636(b)(1). 

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the present record. Therefore, the court reserves decision on these issues until the record is 

sufficiently developed. 

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that: 

1. Plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) is granted. 

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to issue forthwith all process pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 4. 

3. The Clerk of Court shall send plaintiff one USM-285 form, one summons, a copy of 

the complaint, this court’s scheduling order, and the forms providing notice of the magistrate 

judge’s availability to exercise jurisdiction for all purposes. 

4. Plaintiff is advised that the U.S. Marshal will require: 

 a. One completed summons; 

 b. One completed USM-285 form for defendant; 

 c. A copy of the complaint for defendant, with an extra copy for the U.S. Marshal; 

and, 

 d. A copy of this court’s scheduling order and related documents for defendant. 

5. Plaintiff shall supply the United States Marshal, within 14 days from the date this order 

is filed, all information needed by the Marshal to effect service of process, and shall, within 14 

days thereafter, file a statement with the court that said documents have been submitted to the 

United States Marshal. 

6. The U.S. Marshal shall serve process, with copies of this court’s scheduling order and 

related documents, within 90 days of receipt of the required information from plaintiff, without 

prepayment of costs. The United States Marshal shall, within 14 days thereafter, file a statement 

with the court that said documents have been served. If the U.S. Marshal is unable, for any 

reason, to effect service of process on any defendant, the Marshal shall promptly report that fact, 

and the reasons for it, to the undersigned. 

7. The Clerk of Court shall serve a copy of this order on the United States Marshal, 501 

“I” Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 (tel. 916-930-2030). 

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8. Failure to comply with this order may result in a recommendation that this action be 

dismissed. 

DATED: January 6, 2016. 

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