Gradford
Gradford v. United States District Court Eastern District of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM J. GRADFORD, Case No. 1:21-cv-01596-NONE-SKO Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RELIEF
v. FROM FILING FEE PAYMENTS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT (Doc. 7)
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA,
15 Defendant.
Plaintiff William J. Gradford is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this action. On December 2, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion requesting that the instant action and two other pending actions be considered as one case for filing fee purposes, such that Plaintiff need only make a single payment for all three cases, rather than having separate deductions from his inmate trust account for each of the cases. (Doc. 7.) Prisoners proceeding in forma pauperis are “required to pay the full amount of a filing fee” of any civil action they initiate. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). The in forma pauperis statute provides that prisoners “shall be required to pay the full amount of a filing fee,” and the “court shall assess and ……