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Timestamp: 2017-02-22 19:55:55
Document Index: 493185691

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

| Jesus Diaz, Cdcr #G-12594 v. John Doe
Jesus Diaz, Cdcr #G-12594 v. John Doe
JESUS DIAZ, CDCR #G-12594, PLAINTIFF,v.JOHN DOE, CORRECTIONAL OFFICER;CORRECTIONAL OFFICER;SERGEANT CORRECTIONAL OFFICER; AND J. MERCHANT, CORRECTIONAL OFFICER, DEFENDANTS.
(1) GRANTING MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS, IMPOSING NO INITIAL PARTIAL FILING FEE, GARNISHING $350.00 BALANCE FROM PRISONER'S TRUST ACCOUNT [ECF No. 2]; (2) DENYING REQUEST FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL SILVA, RAMOS, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1); AND (3) DIRECTING U.S. MARSHAL TO ORDER: EFFECT SERVICE OF COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO FED.R.CIV.P. 4(c)(3) & 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d)
Jesus Diaz ("Plaintiff"), a state prisoner currently incarcerated at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, and proceeding in pro se, has filed a civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In addition, Plaintiff has filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis ("IFP") [ECF No. 2], as well as a Request for Appointment of Counsel (Compl. at 5-12.)
I.MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL
II.MOTION TO PROCEED IFP [ECF No. 2]
The Court finds that Plaintiff has no available funds from which to pay filing fees at this time. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(4). Therefore, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff's Motion to Proceed IFP [ECF No. 2] and assesses no initial partial filing fee per 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). However,the entire $350 balance of the filing fees mandated shall be collected and forwarded to the Clerk of the Court pursuant to the installment payment provisions set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1).
III.SCREENING PURSUANT TO 28U.S.C.§§1915(e)(2)&1915A(b)
As currently pleaded, the Court finds Plaintiff's allegations sufficient to survive the sua sponte screening required by 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2) and 1915A(b).*fn1 Accordingly, the Court finds Plaintiff is entitled to U.S. Marshal service on his behalf. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) ("The officers of the court shall issue and serve all process, and perform all duties in [IFP] cases."); FED.R.CIV.P. 4(c)(3) ("[T]he court may order that service be made by a United States marshal or deputy marshal ... if the plaintiff is authorized to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915.").
IV.CONCLUSION AND ORDER
1. Plaintiff's Request for Appointment of Counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § ...