Murry v. Merced Cnty. Jail-Sheriff's Dept.

Full title: MICHAEL A. MURRY, Plaintiff, v. MERCED COUNTY JAIL-SHERIFF'S DEPT., et al…

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Date published: Aug 12, 2011

1:11-cv-01313-DLB (PC) (E.D. Cal. Aug. 12, 2011)

Opinion

1:11-cv-01313-DLB (PC)

08-12-2011

MICHAEL A. MURRY, Plaintiff, v. MERCED COUNTY JAIL-SHERIFF'S DEPT., et al, Defendants.

Dennis L. Beck

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

and

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT

OF INMATE FILING FEE

To The Sheriff of the Merced County Jail, 700 W. 22nd Street, Merced, CA 95340: Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff is obligated to make monthly payments in the amount of twenty percent of the preceding month's income credited to plaintiff's trust account. The Merced County Jail is required to send to the Clerk of the Court payments from plaintiff's account each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00, until the statutory filing fee is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).

In accordance with the above and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED;

2. The Sheriff of the Merced County Jail or his designee shall collect payments from plaintiff's prison trust account in an amount equal to twenty per cent (20%) of the preceding month's income credited to the prisoner's trust account and shall forward those 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), until a total of $350.00 has been collected and forwarded to the Clerk of the Court. 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 a copy of this order and a copy of plaintiff's in forma pauperis affidavit on the Sheriff of the Merced County Jail, 700 W. 22nd Street, Merced, California 95340.

4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial Department, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Fresno Division.

5. Within sixty (60) days of the date of service of this order, plaintiff shall submit a certified copy of his/her prison trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint, if plaintiff has not already done so.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dennis L. Beck

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE