IN RE GOODMAN

Court of Appeals, State of Michigan
ORDER
IN RE GOODMAN
Docket No. 381770
LC No. 2020-000983-FC
Brock A. Swartzle, Judge, acting under MCR 7.211(E)(2), orders:
The motion to waive fees is DENIED because MCL 600.2963 mandates that a prisoner
pursuing a civil action be liable for the filing fees.
Within 21 days after the date of this order, plaintiff shall pay to the Clerk of the Court the
initial partial filing fee of $21, shall submit a copy of this order with the payment, and shall refile
the pleadings which are being returned with this order. If plaintiff timely files the partial fee and
refiles the pleadings, plaintiff generally may not file another new civil appeal or original action in this
Court until such time that either the Department of Corrections remits or plaintiff pays the entire
outstanding balance due. MCL 600.2963(8). Failure to comply with this order shall result in the
original complaint not being filed in this Court and plaintiff not being responsible for paying the filing
fee or electronic filing system fee.
If plaintiff timely files the partial fee and refiles the pleadings, monthly payments shall
be made to the Department of Corrections in an amount of 50 percent of the deposits made to
plaintiff’s account until the payments equal the balance due of $379 for payment of the $400 total of
the $375 filing fee and $25 electronic filing system fee. The balance due shall then be remitted to
this Court. Again, plaintiff generally may not file either a new civil appeal or an original action until
plaintiff pays the entire outstanding balance due. MCL 600.2963(8).
The Clerk of this Court shall furnish two copies of this order to plaintiff and return
plaintiff’s pleadings with this order.
August 21, 2026
A true copy entered and certified by Jerome W. Zimmer Jr., Chief Clerk, on
Date

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