(a) DOCKETING, ASSIGNMENT, AND JUDICIAL REVIEW. The clerk
must docket, assign, and submit to a judge for preliminary review a
motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. The judge must
authorize the action before the clerk issues process and before a party
requests waiver of service of process. Before authorization, no party or
other person must respond to any paper, except a court order.
(b) DEDUCTION FROM RECOVERY. If represented by an appointed
lawyer, an in forma pauperis party consents to an order deducting from
any recovery a reasonable attorney’s fee, costs, and reasonably
necessary expenses.
