(PC) Kenyon D. Brown v. CDCR Director
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENYON DARRELL BROWN, Case No. 1:21-cv-01186-NONE-SKO (PC) Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RELIEF
v. FROM FILING FEE PAYMENTS
CDCR DIRECTOR, et al., (Doc. 10) Defendants.
17 Plaintiff Kenyon Darrell Brown is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 18 pauperis in this action. On October 21, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion requesting that the filing fee 19 for this action be waived, and that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 20 stop deducting filing-fee payments from his inmate trust account. (Doc. 10.) 21 Prisoners proceeding in forma pauperis are “required to pay the full amount of a filing 22 fee” of any civil action they initiate. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). The in forma pauperis statute 23 provides that prisoners “shall be required to pay the full amount of a filing fee,” and the “court 24 shall assess and … collect … an initial partial filing fee of 20 percent” of the average monthly 25 deposits or average monthly balance…