Jimenez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ROBERT C. JIMENEZ, Case No. 09-cv-02328-SI

Plaintiff,

ORDER REGARDING FILING FEE

v. Re: Dkt. No. 53 ROWE, et al., Defendants.

12 13 The court has received from plaintiff a letter complaining about the filing fee in this long- closed case. The precise problem that is the subject of the letter is unclear, as the letter appears to state that prison officials can take only 55% of the balance of his funds to pay a filing fee, that he should not owe multiple filing fees,1 that multiple filing fees should not be taken all at once, and/or that he should be allowed to hold back funds to pay for incidental expenses. Docket No. 53. The theme is that plaintiff thinks prison officials are taking too much from his trust account for filing fees. When a prisoner is granted in forma pauperis status, he may proceed without prepayment of the full filing fee but is obligated to pay the full filing fee as money comes into his inmate trust account. See 28…