(PC)Neice v. Rabbi Lerdo PreTrial et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
ROBERT DEAN NEICE,
Plaintiff,
v.
RABBI LERDO PRE TRIAL, et al.,
Defendant.
1:25-cv-01609-SAB (PC)
ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
(Doc. No. 2)
and
ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT
OF INMATE FILING FEE BY THE
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF
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 Kern County Sheriff 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;
2. The Kern County Sheriff or his 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 Kern County Sheriff located at Lerdo Pre-
Trial Facility, 17695 Industrial Farm Road, Bakersfield, CA 93308.
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, Sacramento Division.
5. Within sixty (60) days of the date of service of this order, plaintiff shall submit a
certified copy of his prison trust account statement for the six-month period immediately
preceding the filing of the complaint, if plaintiff has not already done so.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: November 24, 2025
STANLEY A. BOONE
United States Magistrate Judge
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