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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 

ARION SANTANDER, 

Reg. No. A206505601, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

SIX UNKNOWN NAMES AGENTS; 

BARACK OBAMA, 

Defendants. 

Civil No. 14-CV-0911-BEN (peL) 

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL 

ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

FOR FAILING TO PAY 

FILING FEES REQUIRED BY 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) AND/OR 

FAILING TOMOVE TO 

PROCEED INFORMA PAUPERIS 

PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) 

Plaintiff, currently detained at the Etowah County Jail in Gadsden, Alabama, and 

proceeding pro se, filed an incomprehensible one-page complaint entitled "Civil Rights 

Action with the Writ of Summons and Complaint" "under 42 U.S.C. § 1983" on April 

15,2014. (ECF Doc. No.1). 

I. FAILURE TO PAY FILING FEE OR REQUEST IFP STATUS 

All parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in any district court of 

the United States, except an application for writ ofhabeas corpus, must pay a filing fee 

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of$400. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a).1 An action may proceed despite a party's failure to 

pay this filing fee only ifthe party is granted leave to proceed informapauperis ("IFP") 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). 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 not prepaid the $400 in filing and administrative fees required to 

commence a civil action, nor has he submitted a Motion to Proceed IFP pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(a). Therefore, the case cannot yet proceed. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); 

Andrews, 493 F.3d at 105l. 

II. 	 CONCLUSION AND ORDER 

F or the reasons set forth above, the Court hereby: 

(l) DISMISSES this action sua sponte without prejudice for failing to pay the 

$400 civil filing and administrative fee or submit a Motion to Proceed IFP pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) and § 1915(a); and 

(2) GRANTS Plaintiff forty five (45) days leave from the date this Order is 

filed to: (a) prepay the $400 civil filing and administrative fee in full; or (b) complete 

and file a Motion to Proceed IFP which includes a certified copy of his trust account 

statement for the 6-month period preceding the filing of his Complaint. See 28 U.S.C. 

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

1 In addition to the $350 statutory fee, all parties filing civil actions on or after 

May 1,2013, must pay an additional admmistrative fee of$50. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a),

(b);. Judicial Conference Schedule ofFees~ District Court Misc. Fee Schedule, eff. Ma'y 1, LO 13. However, the additional $50 aoministrative fee is waived if the plaintiff IS 

granted leave to proceed IFP. Id. 

2 Plaintiff is cautioned that ifhe chooses to proceed further with this action, either 

by paying the full $400 in civil and administrative fees required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) 

or moving to proceed IFP, his Complaint, which is currently' comprised ofa sin~le page of unpunctuated and nonsensical legal jargon seeking the issuance of a wnt of 

attachment garnishment" for "five milIion ... plus one hundred million dollars" against unidentified "agents" and the President of the United States", will be screeneo and 

immediate!x dismissed as frivolous pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1~15A(b) and 28 U.S.C. 

1915(e)(2)(b). See Lopez v. Smith,L03 F.3d 1122, 1126-27 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc) 

noting tnat 28 U.S.C. § 1915( e) "not only' permits but requires" the court to sua sp'onte 

ismiss an in forma J!.auperis complaint that fails to state a claim); see also Rhoiies v. 

Robins0'!.f 62 rF.3d 100Z, 1004 (9tli Cir. 2010) (discussing sua sponte screening required by 28 U.().C. § 1915A(b) of all prisoner complaints). 

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk ofthe Court shall provide Plaintiff 

with this Court's approved form "Motion and Declaration in Support of Motion to 

Proceed In Forma Pauperis." IfPlaintiff fails to either prepay the $400 civil filing fee 

or complete and submit the enclosed Motion to Proceed IFP within that time, this action 

shall remain dismissed without prejudice and without further Order ofthe Court. 

H . GER T. BENI Z 

United States District Judge 

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