Parks
Parks v. Peterson
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 In Re Case No. 12-cv-01352-EMC Case No. 12-cv-05094-EMC STEVEN DEAN PARKS, Case No. 12-cv-06018-EMC Plaintiff. Case No. 12-cv-06140-EMC Case No. 13-cv-02489-EMC Case No. 13-cv-04048-EMC Case No. 13-cv-05215-EMC
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
VACATE FILING FEE OBLIGATIONS
Steven Dean Parks, an inmate at San Quentin State Prison, filed the seven listed civil cases and applied in each to proceed in forma pauperis. His in forma pauperis applications were granted several years ago, and he was put on the payment schedule required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b). One of the features of the payment schedule is that the prisoner is “required to make monthly payments of 20 percent of the preceding month’s income credited to the prisoner’s account.” Id. at § 1915(b)(2). The cases have long been closed, but the filing fee obligations live on. Mr. Parks now moves to vacate…