Source: https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-jersey/njdce/1:2016cv00064/328612/2
Timestamp: 2018-01-18 14:25:15
Document Index: 460234861

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1983', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1997', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915']

OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiffs IFP application is GRANTED for HAMILTON v. COLALILLO et al :: Justia Dockets & Filings
Justia Dockets & Filings Third Circuit New Jersey New Jersey District Court HAMILTON v. COLALILLO et al Filing 2
HAMILTON v. COLALILLO et al
OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiffs IFP application is GRANTED. ORDERED Clerk shall file the Complaint. ORDERED SUMMONS SHALL NOT ISSUE, at this time, as the Courts sua sponte screening has not yet been completed. ORDERED Clerk of the Court shall provide a copy of this Order to Plaintiff. Signed by Judge Noel L. Hillman on 1/12/2016. (bdk, )
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ___________________________________ : BRIAN HAMILTON, : : Plaintiff, : Civ. No. 16-0064 (NLH) : v. : OPINION and ORDER : HON. MARY EVA COLALILLO, et al., : : Defendants. : ___________________________________: APPEARANCES: Brian Hamilton, # 4304162 Camden County Correctional Facility P.O. Box 90431 330 Federal St. Camden, NJ 08101 Plaintiff Pro se Plaintiff Brian Hamilton, an inmate currently confined at the Camden County Correctional Facility in Camden, New Jersey, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and submits an application to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court finds that Plaintiff has submitted a complete application to proceed in forma pauperis and grants leave to proceed without prepayment of fees. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915. This case is subject to sua sponte screening by the Court, and the Complaint will be screened in due course. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B); see also 28 U.S.C. § 1915A; 42 U.S.C. § 1997e. IT IS therefore on this 12th day of January , 2016, ORDERED that Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall file the Complaint; and it is further ORDERED that SUMMONS SHALL NOT ISSUE, at this time, as the Court’s sua sponte screening has not yet been completed; and it is further ORDERED that that the time to serve process under FED. R. CIV. P. 4(m) shall not begin to run until the date the Court permits the Complaint to proceed; and it is further ORDERED that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b) and for purposes of account deduction only, the Clerk shall serve a copy of this Order by regular mail upon the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey and the warden of the Camden County Correctional Facility; and it is further ORDERED that Plaintiff is assessed a filing fee of $350.00 and shall pay the entire filing fee in the manner set forth in this Order pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) and (2), regardless of the outcome of the litigation, meaning that if the Court dismisses the case as a result of its sua sponte screening, or Plaintiff’s case is otherwise administratively terminated or closed, § 1915 does not suspend installment payments of the filing fee or permit refund to the prisoner of the filing fee, or any part of it, that has already been paid; and it is further ORDERED that pursuant to Siluk v. Merwin, 783 F.3d 421 (3d Cir. 2015), as amended (Apr. 21, 2015), as amended (Apr. 28, 2015), if Plaintiff owes fees for more than one court case, whether to a district or appellate court, under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) provision governing the mandatory recoupment of filing fees, Plaintiff’s monthly income is subject to a single, monthly 20% deduction, “and the cases and/or appeals that an inmate has filed [sha]ll be paid off sequentially,” Siluk, 783 F.3d at 426 (emphasis in original); i.e., the first-filed case shall be paid off in full, then the second-filed case, etc., until all fees have been paid in full; and it is further ORDERED that, with respect to this case, when Plaintiff’s fees become ripe for payment in accordance with Siluk, in each month that the amount in Plaintiff’s account exceeds $10.00, until the $350.00 filing fee is paid, the agency having custody of Plaintiff shall assess, deduct from Plaintiff’s account, and forward to the Clerk of the Court payment equal to 20% of the preceding month’s income credited to Plaintiff’s account, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2) and each payment shall reference the civil docket number of this action; and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall provide a copy of this Order to Plaintiff via regular U.S. mail. ____s/ Noel L. Hillman____ NOEL L. HILLMAN United States District Judge At Camden, New Jersey