(PC) Collins v. Smith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BOBBY LEE COLLINS, No. 2:24-cv-01229 SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER D. SMITH, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is incarcerated in state prison and proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the undersigned is plaintiff’s complaint for screening (ECF No. 1) and motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2). IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff has requested leave to proceed without paying the full filing fee for this action, under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. He has submitted a declaration showing that he cannot afford to pay the entire filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. This means that plaintiff is allowed to pay the $350.00 filing fee in monthly installments that are taken from the inmate’s trust account rather than in one lump sum. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a). As part of this order, the prison is…