Free Order Dismissing Case - District Court of California - California

Case 3:08-cv-01087-WQH-PCL

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Plaintiff, an inmate currently incarcerated at the Western Region Detention Facility in San Defendant. THE GEO GROUP, INC., vs. MANUEL SOLIZ BOP #834901-198, Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR FAILING TO PAY FILING FEE REQUIRED BY 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) AND/OR FAILING TO MOVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)
Civil No. 08-1087 WQH (PCL)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

21 Diego, California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 22 § 1983. 23 24 25 I. Failure to Pay Filing Fee or Request IFP Status All parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in a district court of the United

26 States, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of $350. See 28 27 U.S.C. § 1914(a). An action may proceed despite a party's failure to pay this filing fee only if 28 the party is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis ("IFP") pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).
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Case 3:08-cv-01087-WQH-PCL

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See Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1051 (9th Cir. 2007); Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d

2 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). 3 Here, Plaintiff has neither prepaid the $350 filing fee required to commence a civil action,

4 nor has submitted a Motion to Proceed IFP. Therefore, this case is subject to immediate 5 dismissal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). 6 7 8 9 III. Conclusion and Order For the reasons set forth above, the Court hereby: (1) DISMISSES this action sua sponte without prejudice for failing to pay the $350

10 filing fee or file a Motion to Proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a) and 1915(a); and 11 (2) GRANTS Plaintiff forty five (45) days leave from the date this Order is "Filed"

12 to: (a) prepay the entire $350 civil filing fee in full; or (b) complete and file a Motion to proceed 13 IFP which includes a certified copy of his trust account statement for the 6-month period 14 preceding the filing of his Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2) and S.D. CAL. CIVLR 15 3.2(b). 16 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall provide Plaintiff with the

17 Court's approved form "Motion and Declaration in Support of Motion to Proceed In Forma 18 Pauperis." If Plaintiff fails to either prepay the $350 civil filing fee or complete and submit the 19 enclosed Motion to Proceed IFP within that time, this action shall remain dismissed without 20 prejudice and without further Order of the Court. 21 DATED: June 26, 2008 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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WILLIAM Q. HAYES United States District Judge

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