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Timestamp: 2019-12-12 23:36:29
Document Index: 140703231

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1983', '§ 1914', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915']

FindACase™ | Baker v. Ito
Baker v. Ito
TOMMIE LEE BAKER, Inmate #T-30691, Plaintiff,
ROGER ITO, Judge; S. HARDEN, Account Officer Specialist; B. SULLIVAN, Appeal Examiner; SECRETARY OF CDCR, Defendants.
ORDER: (1) GRANTING MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS; AND (2) DISMISSING COMPLAINT FOR FAILING TO STATE A CLAIM AND FOR SEEKING MONETARY RELIEF AGAINST IMMUNE DEFENDANT
Tommie Lee Baker III. (“Plaintiff”), a California state prisoner incarcerated at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”), and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint (“Compl.”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff did not prepay the civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a), but has filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). (ECF No. 2.)
In support of his IFP Motion, Plaintiff has submitted a prison certificate attesting to his trust account balance and activity for the six-month period prior to the filing of his Complaint as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2) and S.D. Cal. CivLR 3.2. This certificate shows that Plaintiff had only $0.15 in funds to his credit at the time of filing. [ECF No. 3 at 1.] Therefore, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff's Motion to Proceed IFP and assesses no initial partial filing fee per 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(4) (providing that “[i]n no event shall a prisoner be prohibited from bringing a civil action or appealing a civil action or criminal judgment for the reason that the prisoner has no assets and no means by which to pay the initial partial filing fee.”); Taylor v. Delatoore, 281 F.3d 844, 850 (9th Cir. 2002) (finding that 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(4) acts as a “safety-valve” preventing dismissal of a prisoner's IFP case based solely on a “failure to pay . . . due to the lack of funds available to him when payment is ordered.”) However, the entire $350 balance of the filing fee due for this case must be forwarded to the Clerk of the Court pursuant to the installment payment provisions set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1).
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Plaintiff alleges that he is a &ldquo;hearing impaired inmate that was at the EOP level of care.&rdquo; (Compl. at 3.) In 2001, Plaintiff claims he was &ldquo;forced to contract and sign a CDC 345 form.&rdquo; (Id.) However, in June of 2018 he was &ldquo;going over the 345 form&rdquo; and &ldquo;noticed it was [his] choice to withdraw [his] power of attorney&rdquo; and &ldquo;close [his] trust account at any time.&rdquo; (Id.) Plaintiff alleges that he filed a grievance to “revoke the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation as [his] power of attorney and to ...