Case: 14-7114 Document: 9 Page: 1 Filed: 09/24/2014
NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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STEVEN A. SPEAR,
Claimant-Appellant,
v.
ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS,
Respondent-Appellee.
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2014-7114
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 14-1160, Judge Mary J. Schoelen.
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ON MOTION
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ORDER
Steven A. Spear moves for leave to proceed in forma
pauperis.
Spear is incarcerated. Pursuant to the Prisoner Liti-
gation Reform Act of 1995, this court may not authorize
the prosecution of an appeal by a prisoner without the
prepayment of fees. 28 U.S.C. § 1915. A prisoner is no
longer afforded the alternative of proceeding without
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payment of filing fees, but must, in time, pay the $500
filing fee in its entirety. When funds exist, an initial
partial payment must be made consisting of 20% of the
greater of (a) the average monthly deposits to the prison-
er’s account or (b) the average monthly balance in the
prisoner’s account for the six-month period immediately
preceding the filing of the notice of appeal. 28 U.S.C.
§ 1915(b)(1). Thereafter, the prisoner is required to make
monthly payments of 20% of the preceding month’s in-
come credited to the prisoner’s account. 28 U.S.C.
§ 1915(b)(2). The agency with custody of the prisoner
must forward payments from the prisoner’s account each
time the amount in the account exceeds $10 until the
$500 filing fee is paid in full. Id. Spear has indicated
that none of his prior actions or appeals were dismissed
because they were frivolous, malicious, or failed to state a
claim upon which relief can be granted.
By separate letter, the custodian of Spear’s prison ac-
count is being directed to make the necessary arrange-
ments to forward the filing fee to the court.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
The motion is denied.
FOR THE COURT
/s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
Daniel E. O’Toole
Clerk of Court
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