Blaney v. Gibson

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Blaney v. Gibson

Opinion

Case: 14-7089 Document: 13 Page: 1 Filed: 07/16/2014

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

JERRY D. BLANEY, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

SLOAN D. GIBSON, ACTING SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee. ______________________

2014-7089 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 14-789, Judge Coral Wong Pi- etsch. ______________________

ON MOTION ______________________

ORDER Jerry D. Blaney moves for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Blaney is incarcerated. Pursuant to the Prisoner Lit- igation Reform Act of 1995, this court may not authorize the prosecution of an appeal by a prisoner without the prepayment of fees. 28 U.S.C. § 1915. A prisoner is no Case: 14-7089 Document: 13 Page: 2 Filed: 07/16/2014

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longer afforded the alternative of proceeding without payment of filing fees, but must, in time, pay the $500 filing fee in its entirety. * When funds exist, an initial partial payment must be made consisting of 20% of the greater of (a) the average monthly deposits to the prison- er’s account or (b) the average monthly balance in the prisoner’s account for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the notice of appeal. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Thereafter, the prisoner is required to make monthly payments of 20% of the preceding month’s in- come credited to the prisoner’s account. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). The agency with custody of the prisoner must forward payments from the prisoner’s account each time the amount in the account exceeds $10 until the $500 filing fee is paid in full. Id. By separate letter, the custodian of Blaney’s prison account is being directed to make the necessary arrange- ments to forward the filing fee to the court. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT: The motion is denied. FOR THE COURT

/s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court s24

The court notes that Mr. Blaney signed an earlier *

version of Federal Circuit Form 6A, authorizing payment of this court’s filing fee from his account. On December 1, 2013, the court increased its filing fee. Mr. Blaney’s account will be charged the current fee of $500.

Reference

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