IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Civil Action No. 11-cv-02693-BNB

ASA MEEK,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF COLORADO (People),

COUNTY OF EAGLE,

ROBERT THOMAS MOOREHEAD, and

GREG CRITTENDENDUM,

Defendants.

ORDER ALLOWING PLAINTIFF TO PROCEED 

WITHOUT PAYMENT OF AN INITIAL PARTIAL FILING FEE

Pursuant to the Court’s Order Granting Leave to Proceed Pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§1915 entered October 24, 2011, Plaintiff filed an updated inmate account statement to

show cause why he has no assets and no means by which to pay the designated initial

partial filing fee. Based on the updated account statement that he submitted to the

Court on November 4, 2011, the Court finds that Plaintiff is unable to pay an initial

partial filing fee pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1).

Section 1915 requires a prisoner bringing a civil action “to pay the full amount of

a filing fee.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). If a prisoner is unable to afford the full amount of

the filing fee when the case is filed, the statute provides for payment of the filing fee

through an initial partial filing fee and monthly installments of the balance until the full

filing fee is paid. However, “[i]n no event shall a prisoner be prohibited from bringing a

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civil action or appealing a civil or criminal judgment for the reason that the prisoner has

no assets and no means by which to pay the initial partial filing fee.” 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(b)(4).

Because Plaintiff’s trust fund account statement indicates that he has insufficient

funds in his inmate account to pay an initial partial filing fee and that he has no other

available assets, Plaintiff may proceed in this action without payment of an initial partial

filing fee. The Court will proceed to review Plaintiff's Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(e)(2)(B) to determine whether it is frivolous or malicious, or seeks monetary

relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief.

Although he need not pay an initial partial filing fee, Plaintiff remains obligated to

pay the required $350.00 filing fee through monthly installments as directed in this

Order. Accordingly, it is

ORDERED that Plaintiff may proceed in this action without payment of an initial

partial filing fee. Plaintiff remains obligated to pay the full amount of the required

$350.00 filing fee pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) regardless of the outcome of this

action. It is

FURTHER ORDERED that, until the $350.00 filing fee is paid in full, Plaintiff shall

make monthly payments to the Court of twenty percent of the preceding month’s income

credited to his account or show cause why he has no assets and no means by which to

make each monthly payment. Plaintiff is directed to make the necessary arrangements

to have the monthly payments identified by the civil action number on this

Order. Plaintiff must file a current certified copy of his trust fund account statement to

show cause. It is

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FURTHER ORDERED that if Plaintiff fails to have the appropriate monthly

payment sent to the Clerk of the Court each month or to show cause each month, as

directed above, why he has no assets and no means by which to make the monthly

payment the Complaint may be dismissed without further notice. It is

FURTHER ORDERED that process shall not issue at this time. It is

FURTHER ORDERED that the Court may dismiss this action and may apply

all or part of the filing fee payments tendered in this action to satisfy any filing fee

debt Plaintiff may owe in a prior action or actions if Plaintiff fails to stay current

with his payment obligations in the prior action or actions.

DATED November 8, 2011, at Denver, Colorado.

BY THE COURT:

 s/ Boyd N. Boland 

United States Magistrate Judge

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