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Timestamp: 2017-02-19 18:36:56
Document Index: 268213532

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

| Trevino v. Woodbury County Jail
RICHARD TREVINO, Plaintiff,v.WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL, LIEUTENANT PHILLIPS, CARLOS LNU, UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE, Defendants.
This matter is before the court on the plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. No. 3). The plaintiff filed such application on June 25, 2014. Along with his application to proceed in forma pauperis, the plaintiff submitted a complaint (Doc. No.
2). The plaintiff filed a supplement to his complaint (Doc. No. 7) on July 17, 2014.
Here, the plaintiff must pay an initial partial filing fee in the amount of 20 percent of the greater of his average monthly account balance or average monthly deposits for the six months preceding the filing of the complaint. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Based on the information that the plaintiff provided, the court finds that the plaintiff is unable to submit an initial partial filing fee. Id. Nonetheless, the plaintiff shall be directed to "make monthly payments of 20 percent of the preceding month's income credited to the prisoner's account." 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). The statute places the burden on the prisoner's institution to collect the additional monthly payments and forward them to the court. Specifically, the prisoner shall be required to make monthly payments of 20 percent of the preceding month's income credited to the prisoner's account. The agency having custody of the prisoner shall forward payments from the prisoner's account to the clerk of the court each time the amount in the account exceeds $10 until the filing fees are paid.
28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). Therefore, installments shall be collected by the institution having custody of the plaintiff. Id. The clerk's office shall send a copy of this order and the notice of collection of filing fee to the appropriate official at the place where the plaintiff is an inmate.
II. THE PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT
It appears unlikely that the plaintiff states a viable constitutional claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against any of the named defendants. See Alexander v. Hedback, 718 F.3d 762, 765-67 (8th Cir. 2013). Nevertheless, the court is unable to determine as a matter of law whether the plaintiff's complaint is frivolous, fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted or seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2); 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b). Consequently, the court is of the opinion that the matter is best addressed after receipt of an answer or any dispositive motion deemed appropriate. Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989); Money v. Moore, 877 F.2d 9, 10 (8th Cir. 1989). The clerk's office shall serve the complaint on the defendants and mail a copy of the complaint to the Woodbury County Attorney and the United States Attorney without the prepayment of fees and costs. A copy of this order is to accompany the documents being served. The Woodbury County Attorney shall notify the court immediately if he lacks the consent of the state defendants to appear generally on their behalf and submit to the jurisdiction of the court. The defendants shall file an answer or other dispositive motion by no later than October 17, 2014.
(1) The plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. No. 3) is granted.
(2) The clerk's office is directed to file the complaint (Doc. Nos. 2 & 7) as a new entry without the prepayment of the filing fee.
(3) The plaintiff is directed to submit make monthly payments of 20 percent of the preceding month's income credited ...