Bale v. Kitsap County Jail
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ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND DIRECTING INSTITUTION TO CALCULATE, COLLECT, AND FORWARD PAYMENTS, signed by Magistrate Judge J Richard Creatura. (GMR- cc: via CM/ECF e-notice- USDC Finance and WA DOC Trust Account Office; hard copy to plaintiff)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA
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JOHN M BALE,
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Plaintiff,
v.
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CASE NO. C12-5966 BHS-JRC
KITSAP COUNTY JAIL,
ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND
DIRECTING INSTITUTION TO
CALCULATE, COLLECT, AND
FORWARD PAYMENTS
Defendant.
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The Court has reviewed plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis and
17 considered the financial statement that plaintiff submitted in case number12-5957. The Court
18 does hereby find and ORDER.
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(1)
Plaintiff’s declaration indicates he is unable to afford the court’s filing fee or give
20 security therefore. Accordingly, plaintiff’s application to proceed as a pauper is GRANTED.
21 As set forth below, an initial partial filing fee will be collected, and plaintiff is required to
22 make monthly payments of 20 percent of the preceding month’s income credited to his/her
23 account until the full amount of the filing fee is satisfied.
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ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND
DIRECTING INSTITUTION TO CALCULATE,
COLLECT, AND FORWARD PAYMENTS - 1
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Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 and plaintiff’s approved application to proceed in
2 forma pauperis, the agency having custody of the above named plaintiff is directed to calculate
3 an initial partial filing fee equal to 20 percent of the greater of -- the average monthly deposits to
4 the prisoner’s account or the average monthly balance in the prisoner’s account for the 6-month
5 period immediately preceding the date of this Order. The initial partial filing fee should be
6 forwarded to the court clerk as soon as practicable.
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Subsequently, if the prisoner’s account exceeds $10.00, each month the agency is
8 directed to collect and forward payments equal to 20 percent of the prisoner’s preceding month’s
9 income credited to the prisoner’s account. In the event that the monthly payment would reduce
10 the prisoner’s account below $10.00, the agency should collect and forward only that amount
11 which would reduce the prisoner’s account to the $10.00 level. Please note that this $10.00 limit
12 does not apply to the initial partial filing fee described above. Finally, the monthly payments
13 should be collected and forwarded to the court until the entire filing fee ($350.00) for this matter
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The Clerk is directed to send plaintiff a copy of this Order and the General Order,
16 and a copy of this Order along with a copy of plaintiff’s Acknowledgment and Authorization
17 portion of the IFP application to the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”) contact person, the
18 inmate account manager at the Washington Department of Corrections.
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Dated this 26th day of November, 2012.
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J. Richard Creatura
United States Magistrate Judge
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ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND
DIRECTING INSTITUTION TO CALCULATE,
COLLECT, AND FORWARD PAYMENTS - 2
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