Fast Horse v. United States

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential. United States Court of A11peals for the FederaI Circuit LAVERN C. FAST HORSE, Plain,tiff~Appellant, V. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee. 2012-5017 _ Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Clain1s in case no. 11-CV-264, Judge Thomas C. Whee1er. ON MOTION ORDER The petitioner moves for leave to proceed in forma pauperis Fast Horse is incarcerated. Pursuant to the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act of 1995, this court may not author- ize 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 payment of filing fees, but must, in time, pay the $450 filing fee in its entirety When funds exist, an initial FAST 1-IORSE V. US 2 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 2O% 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. Upon consideration thereof IT ls OR:oERED THAT: The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. FoR THE CoURT 28 2011 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date J an Horbaly C1erk cc: Lavern C. Fast Horse g_5_ggg§-l-:!3l¢?§\pDpE_qL5 FOR Barbara M.R. l\/larvin, ESq. THEF DERAL C'RCUr[ 320 iJ£C 2 8 2011 manassas clean