(PC) Hand v. Management and Training Corporation ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JEHU HAND, 1:20-cv-00819-GSA (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 13 v. and 14 MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING CORPORATION, et al., ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT 15 OF INMATE FILING FEE BY FCI Defendants. MENDOTA 16 17 18 19 20 21 Plaintiff is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se pursuant to 403 U.S. 388 (1971) and has 22 requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff has made 23 the showing required by § 1915(a) and accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will 24 be granted. Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. 28 25 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff is obligated to make monthly payments in the amount of twenty 26 percent of the preceding month’s income credited to plaintiff’s trust account. FCI Mendota is 27 required to send to the Clerk of the Court payments from plaintiff’s account each time the amount 28 in the account exceeds $10.00, until the statutory filing fee is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). 1 In accordance with the above and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY 2 ORDERED that: 3 1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED; 4 2. The Warden of FCI Mendota or his/her designee shall collect payments from 5 plaintiff’s prison trust account in an amount equal to twenty per cent (20%) of 6 the preceding month’s income credited to the prisoner’s trust account and shall 7 forward those payments to the Clerk of the Court each time the amount in the 8 account exceeds $10.00, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2), until a total of 9 $350.00 has been collected and forwarded to the Clerk of the Court. The 10 payments shall be clearly identified by the name and number assigned to this 11 action. 12 3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and a copy of plaintiff’s 13 in forma pauperis application on the Warden of FCI Mendota, at P.O. Box 39, 14 Mendota, CA 93640. 15 4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial 16 Department, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division. 17 IT IS SO ORDERED. 18 19 Dated: July 16, 2020 /s/ Gary S. Austin UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28