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Parties Involved:
Corizon Health
Defendant
Fresno County Jail
Defendant
LaTonia Jones
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LATONIA JONES,

Plaintiff,

v.

CORIZON HEALTH, et al.,

Defendant.

1:16-cv-01055-SKO (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. 2)

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE THE FRESNO 

COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

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’s 

Department/Fresno County Jail 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).

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

ORDERED that:

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

2. The Director of the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department/Fresno County Jail

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 Director of the Fresno County Sheriff’s 

Department/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 his 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: July 29, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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