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Parties Involved:
California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
Defendant
Toriano Germaine Smith
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TORIANO GERMAINE SMITH,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS & REHABILITATION,

Defendant.

No. 2:19-cv-2107 TLN CKD P

ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF INMATE 

FILING FEE

To: Director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 1515 S Street, 

Sacramento, California 95814:

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding 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 20 percent 

of the greater of (a) the average monthly deposits to plaintiff’s trust account; or (b) the average 

monthly balance in plaintiff’s account for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of 

this action. 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 

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thereafter payments from plaintiff’s prison trust 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 a 

designee shall collect from plaintiff’s prison trust account an initial partial filing fee in 

accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) as set forth in this order and shall 

forward the amount to the Clerk of the Court. The payment shall be clearly identified by the 

name and number assigned to this action.

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

or a designee shall collect from plaintiff’s prison trust account monthly payments in an amount 

equal to twenty percent (20%) of the preceding month’s income credited to the prisoner’s trust 

account and forward 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 the $350.00 filing fee for this 

action has been paid in full. 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, California Department of Corrections and 

Rehabilitation, 1515 S Street, Sacramento, California 95814.

4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial 

Department of the court.

Dated: April 7, 2020

13:smit2107.cdc

_____________________________________

CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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