Miller v. Uribe et al

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United States
 District Court
Northern District of California
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JOSEPH MICHAEL MILLER,
Plaintiff,
v.
URIBE, et al.,
Defendants.
Case No. 25-cv-07357-NW
ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
(NON-CDCR CUSTODY)
Re: ECF No. 2
Plaintiff Joseph Michael Miller, a state detainee, filed a pro se civil rights lawsuit and
application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). ECF No. 2. Miller’s application for leave to
proceed IFP is GRANTED. The total filing fee due is $350.00, and the initial partial filing fee
now due is $0.00. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). A copy of this order and the attached instructions
will be sent to Miller, the correctional facility’s trust account office, and the Court’s financial
office.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: February 10, 2026
Noël Wise
United States District Judge
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United States District Court
Northern District of California
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAYMENT OF PRISONER’S FILING FEE
The prisoner shown as the plaintiff or petitioner on the attached order has filed a civil
action in forma pauperis in this court and owes to the court a filing fee. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §
1915, the fee is to be paid as follows:
The initial partial filing fee listed on the attached order should be deducted by the prison trust
account office from the prisoner’s trust account and forwarded to the clerk of the court as the first
installment payment on the filing fee. This amount is twenty percent of the greater of (a) the
average monthly deposits to the prisoner’s account for the 6-month period immediately preceding
the filing of the complaint/petition or (b) the average monthly balance in the prisoner’s account for
the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint/petition.
Thereafter, on a monthly basis, 20 percent of the preceding month’s income credited to the
prisoner’s trust account should be deducted and forwarded to the court each time the amount in the
account exceeds ten dollars ($10.00). The prison trust account office should continue to do this
until the filing fee has been paid in full.
If the prisoner does not have sufficient funds in his/her account to pay the initial partial filing fee,
the prison trust account office should forward the available funds, and carry the
balance forward each month until the amount is fully paid. If the prisoner has filed more than one
complaint, (s)he is required to pay a filing fee for each case. The trust account office should make
the monthly calculations and payments for each case in which it receives an order granting in
forma pauperis and these instructions.
The prisoner’s name and case number must be noted on each remittance. The initial partial filing
fee is due within thirty days of the date of the attached order. Checks should be made payable to
Clerk, U.S. District Court and sent to Prisoner Accounts Receivable, U.S. District Court, 450
Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36060, San Francisco, CA 94102.
cc: Plaintiff/Petitioner
Court’s Finance Office
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