Opinion
22-CV-4155 (JPO)
06-23-2022
AZIZ SALAAM, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF NEW YORK; COMMISSIONER LOUIS MOLINA; WARDEN JOSEPH CAPUTO, Defendants.
ORDER OF SERVICE
J. PAUL OETKEN, United States District Judge.
Plaintiff, who is detained in the Anna M. Kross Center on Rikers Island, brings this pro se action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. By order dated June 17, 2022, the Court granted Plaintiff's request to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP), that is, without prepayment of fees.
Prisoners are not exempt from paying the full filing fee even when they have been granted permission to proceed IFP. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1).
The Clerk of Court is directed to notify the New York City Department of Correction and the New York City Law Department of this order. The Court requests that Defendants City of New York, New York City Department of Correction (DOC) Commissioner Louis Molina, and AMKC Warden Joseph Caputo waive service of summons.
The Clerk of Court is further directed to mail an information package to Plaintiff.
SO ORDERED. 1