Berry v. United States

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential. Wniteb $tate~ (!Court of §ppeal~ for tbe jfeberal (!Cirroit JEFFREY R. BERRY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee. 2012-5022 Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in case no. ll-CV-618, Judge Thomas C. Wheeler. ON MOTION ORDER Jeffrey R. Berry moves for leave to proceed in forma paupens. Berry 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 BERRYv. US 2 payment of filing fees, but must, in time, pay the $450 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 pris- oner'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 $450 filing fee is paid in full. Id. By separate letter, the custodian of Berry'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 Berry's motion to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. FOR THE COURT JAN 092012 lsI Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk FILED cc: Jeffrey R. Berry u.s. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT Joshua E. Kurland, Esq. JAN 092012 s24 JAN HORBAlY CLERK