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Timestamp: 2017-03-26 03:34:05
Document Index: 109465356

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

ROBERT LEE EDWARDS, PLAINTIFF,v.STATE OF NEW JERSEY, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.
Plaintiff, a prisoner incarcerated at New Jersey State Prison, seeks to file a Complaint without prepayment of fees pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Based on his affidavit of poverty, prison account statement, and the apparent absence of three dismissals within 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), the Court finds that Plaintiff qualifies for prisoner in forma pauperis status pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Having thoroughly reviewed Plaintiff's allegations, the Court finds that sua sponte dismissal of the Complaint is not required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) and 1915A(b) at this stage of the proceeding. However, the State of New Jersey and the New Jersey Department of Corrections will be dismissed as defendants because they are not "persons" subject to suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Will v. Michigan Dep't of State Police, 491 U.S. 58 (1989) (neither a state nor a state agency is a "person" for purposes of a § 1983 action).
IT IS therefore on this 2nd day of September, 2009,
ORDERED that State of New Jersey Department of Corrections is dismissed as defendant; and it is further
ORDERED that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b), the Clerk shall forward a copy of this Order by regular mail to Attorney General of State of New Jersey and the warden of New Jersey State Prison; and it is further
ORDERED that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2), until the $350.00 filing fee is paid, each subsequent month that the amount in Plaintiff's prison account exceeds $10.00, the New Jersey Department of Corrections shall assess, deduct from the Plaintiff's account, and forward to the Clerk payments equal to 20% of the preceding month's income credited to ...