Brambila v. Nystrom-Geist et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
RODOLFO A. BRAMBILA,
Plaintiff,
v.
KIMBERLY NYSTROM-GEIST, et al.,
Defendants.
1:25-cv-02068-SAB
ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
(ECF No. 2)
and
ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT
OF INMATE FILING FEE BY
THE DIRECTOR OF THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS
Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and has requested
leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff has made the showing
required by § 1915(a) and, accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted.
Plaintiff 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 California Department of
Corrections 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).

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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 (ECF No. 2);
2. The Director of the California Department of Corrections or designee shall
collect payments from plaintiff’s prison trust account in an amount equal to twenty
percent (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 application on the Director of the California Department of
Corrections via the Court’s electronic case filing system (CM/ECF);
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; and
5. Service shall not be undertaken until the Court screens the complaint in due course
and issues its screening order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: January 5, 2026
STANLEY A. BOONE
United States Magistrate Judge