1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GEZO G. EDWARDS, No. 1:25-cv-01365-SAB (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND 13 v. DIRECTING PAYMENT OF INMATE FILING FEE BY USP ATWATER 14 DISCIPLINARY HEARING OFFICES,

15 Defendants.

16 17 Plaintiff is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se pursuant to

(1971) and has 18 requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to

. Plaintiff has made the 19 showing required by § 1915(a) and accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be 20 granted. Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action.

1915(b)(1). Plaintiff is obligated to make monthly payments in the amount of twenty percent of 22 the preceding month’s income credited to plaintiff’s trust account. USP Florence is required to 23 send to the Clerk of the Court payments from plaintiff’s account each time the amount in the 24 account exceeds $10.00, until the statutory filing fee is paid in full.

(b)(2). 25 In accordance with the above and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY 26 ORDERED that: 27 1. Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED; 28 1 2. The Warden of USP Atwater or his designee shall collect payments from 2 plaintiff’s trust account in an amount equal to twenty per cent (20%) of the 3 preceding month’s income credited to the prisoner’s trust account and shall forward 4 those payments to the Clerk of the Court each time the amount in the account 5 exceeds $10.00, in accordance with

(b)(2), until a total of $350.00 has 6 been collected and forwarded to the Clerk of the Court. The payments shall be 7 clearly identified by the name and number assigned to this action. 8 3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and a copy of plaintiffs 9 in forma pauperis application on the Warden of USP Atwater, P.O. Box 019001, Atwater, 10 CA 95301-0910 11 4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial 12 Department, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division. 13 5. Within thirty (60) days of the date of service of this order, plaintiff shall submit a 14 certified copy of his/her prison trust account statement for the six-month period 15 immediately preceding the filing of the complaint, if plaintiff has not already done so. 16 17 IT IS SO ORDERED. DAA Le 18 | Dated: _ November 18, 2025 STANLEY A. BOONE 19 United States Magistrate Judge 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28