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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAY SAPP, Jr., 

CDCR #G-30641, 

Civil No. 08-1680 JAH (CAB)

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)

 vs.

HERBERT J. EXARHOS, Judge; 

T. CORNPERE, Deputy District Attorney;

AL WILLIAMS, PCC Attorney, 

Defendants.

 

Ray Sapp, Jr. (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan

Correctional Facility in San Diego, California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights

Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

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

States, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of $350. See 28

U.S.C. § 1914(a). An action may proceed despite a party’s failure to pay this filing fee only if

the party is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).

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

1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). 

Plaintiff has neither prepaid the $350 filing fee required to commence a civil action, nor

has submitted a Motion to Proceed IFP. Therefore, this case is subject to immediate dismissal

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a).

II.

CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Accordingly, the Court hereby:

(1) DISMISSES this action sua sponte without prejudice for failing to pay the $350

filing fee or file a Motion to Proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) and § 1915(a);

(2) GRANTS Plaintiff forty-five (45) days leave from the date of this Order to:

(a) pay the entire $350 civil filing fee in full; or (b) complete and file a Motion to proceed IFP

which includes a certified copy of his trust account statement, or his correctional institution’s

equivalent, for the 6-month period preceding the filing of his Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(a)(2) and S.D. CAL. CIVLR 3.2(b); and

3) DIRECTS the Clerk of the Court to provide Plaintiff with the Court’s approved

form “Motion and Declaration in Support of Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis.” If Plaintiff

fails to either prepay the $350 civil filing fee or complete and submit the enclosed Motion to

Proceed IFP within 45 days, this action shall remain dismissed without prejudice and without

further Order of the Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 24, 2008

HON. JOHN A. HOUSTON

United States District Judge

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