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Parties Involved:
Merced County Sheriff
Defendant
Mark Pazin
Defendant
Neil Paris Sugarman
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

NEIL PARIS SUGARMAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

MARK PAZIN, et al.,

Defendants.

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1:12-cv-00507-SKO (PC)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(# 2)

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE BY MERCED

COUNTY SHERIFF

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 Merced County Sheriff 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).

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

ORDERED that:

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

2. The Merced County Sheriff 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 Merced County Sheriff.

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: April 5, 2012 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

i0d3h8 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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