JOHN SHABAZ, District Judge
Petitioner requests leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Attached to his affidavit of indigency is a proposed complaint.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1), as amended by the Prison Litigation Reform Act, effective April 26, 1996, a prisoner bringing a civil action shall be required to pay the full amount of the $350.00. The Court shall collect an initial partial filing fee of 20% of the greater of the average monthly deposits in the prisoner's account or the average monthly balance in the prisoner's account for the six month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint.
According to the information that petitioner submitted, he had income of $650.00 in the six month time period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint, an average of $108.33 a month. Petitioner has the means to pay an initial partial filing fee of $21.66, 20% of this amount.
Failure to pay this partial filing fee by August 22, 2006 may result in dismissal of this action for failure to prosecute. According to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2), after payment of the initial partial filing fee the institution's financial officer is authorized to deduct monthly payment from the petitioner's account until the $350.00 filing fee is paid in full.
ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that petitioner's request to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that he shall pay an initial partial filing fee of $21.66 by August 21, 2006 or this action may be dismissed for his failure to prosecute.