97 F.

3d 382

Henry Ford BALLARD, Petitioner,

v.
Michael BURRAGE, District Judge, Respondent,
Rita Maxwell, Real Party in Interest.
No. 96-720.

United States Court of Appeals,

Tenth Circuit.
Aug. 21, 1996.

Before KELLY and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

ORDER
1

Before the court is petitioner's petition for a writ of mandamus. Petitioner seeks
an order from this court directing the Honorable Michael Burrage to consider
and decide case No. 95-CV-535-B, pending in the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

Petitioner's application to proceed in forma pauperis is granted to the extent set

forth below. Petitioner is responsible for the full amount of the docketing fee,
which is $100.00. 28 U.S.C. 1915(b)(1). Under the statute, "[t]he court shall
assess and, when funds exist, collect, as a partial payment of any court fees
required by law, an initial partial filing fee of 20 percent of the greater of--(A)
the average monthly deposits to the prisoner's account; or (B) the average
monthly balance in the prisoner's account for the 6-month period immediately
preceding the filing of the complaint...." Id.

Petitioner's custodian shall forthwith pay on his behalf the partial docketing fee
calculated under the statute. After payment of the initial partial docketing fee,
petitioner shall make monthly payments of twenty percent of the previous
month's income credited to his custodial account to the clerk of this court, until
the full docketing fee is paid. "Income" means all amounts deposited to the
custodial account from whatever source. Petitioner's custodian shall forward a
payment each time the amount in petitioner's account exceeds $10. Payment

shall be by check or money order made payable to the clerk of this court. A
copy of this order must accompany each remittance.
4

Petitioner shall cooperate fully with his custodian in arranging the

disbursements, including but not limited to providing any authorization required
by the custodian or any future custodian to disburse funds from his account.
Should petitioner fail to cooperate with the custodian as set forth herein, he will
be prohibited from making any further filings with this court, until the
docketing fee is paid in full, except for such filings authorized by 28 U.S.C.
1915(b)(4). The clerk of this court is directed to serve the appropriate
custodian.

Upon consideration, the petition for writ of mandamus is denied. The case has
not been pending for such an unreasonable time as to warrant mandamus relief.
See Johnson v. Rogers, 917 F.2d 1283 (10th Cir.1990).