Opinion
CV 01-2392-PHX-EHC (VAM).
January 25, 2002
ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF INMATE FILING FEE
Plaintiff Redouane Dahmani, #A754834, presently confined in the Maricopa County Jail in Phoenix, Arizona, has been assessed an initial partial filing fee of $24.00 for this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (b)(1). Upon payment of that initial partial filing fee, Plaintiff will be obligated to make monthly payments in the amount of 20 percent of the preceding month's income credited to Plaintiff's trust account. The Maricopa County Sheriff is required to send to the Clerk of the Court the initial partial filing fee and thereafter payments from Plaintiffs trust account each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00, until the statutory filing fee of $150.00 is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (b)(2).
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED:
(1) The Maricopa County Sheriff shall collect from Plaintiff's trust account an initial partial filing fee in the amount of $24.00 and shall forward the amount to the Clerk of the Court. Said payment shall be clearly identified by the name and number assigned to this action;
(2) Thereafter, the Maricopa County Sheriff shall collect from Plaintiffs trust account the balance of the $150.00 filing fee by collecting monthly payments from Plaintiffs trust account in an amount equal to 20 percent of the preceding month's income credited to Plaintiff's trust account and forwarding payments to the Clerk of the Court each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00 in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (b)(2). The payments shall be clearly identified by the name and number assigned to this action;
(3) The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve by mail a copy of this Order on the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Inmate Legal Services, 225 West Madison Street, Phoenix, Arizona, 85003;
(4) The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve by mail a copy of this Order on Richard Stewart, Lead Counsel, Litigation Section, Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Division of County Counsel, 222 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona, 85004;
(5) The Clerk of the Court is directed to forward a copy of this Order to Financial Administration for the Phoenix Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Financial Administration shall set up an account to receive payments on the filing fee for this action and shall notify the Court when the filing fee is paid in full; and
(6) The Maricopa County Sheriff or his designee shall notify the Clerk of the Court in writing when Plaintiff is either released from the Maricopa County Jail or transferred to a correctional institution other than the Maricopa County Jail, so new billing arrangements may be made to collect any balance still outstanding.