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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1331pi Fed. Question: Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID BRYAN TURNER, JR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

MTS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 19-CV-179 JLS (KSC)

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL 

ACTION FOR FAILURE TO PAY 

FILING FEES REQUIRED BY

28 U.S.C. § 1914(a)

(ECF No. 1)

Plaintiff David Bryan Turner, Jr., proceeding pro se, filed a Complaint under 28 

U.S.C. § 1983 seeking $791,701,318 in damages for two separate attacks allegedly 

sustained by armed guards of Wells Fargo and a man wielding a knife at an MTS trolley 

stop. See generally ECF No. 1. 

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 

$400.1 See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). The action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to 

prepay the entire fee only if he is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1051 (9th Cir. 2007); 

 

1 In addition to the $350 statutory fee, civil litigants must pay an additional administrative fee of $50. See 28 

U.S.C. § 1914(a) (Judicial Conference Schedule of Fees, District Court Misc. Fee Schedule, § 14 (eff. Dec. 1, 

2016). The additional $50 administrative fee does not apply to persons granted leave to proceed IFP. Id.

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Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). 

Mr. Turner has not paid the required $400 filing fee or filed a motion to proceed in 

forma pauperis. Consequently, Mr. Turner’s Complaint (ECF No. 1) is DISMISSED 

WITHOUT PREJUDICE for failure to pay the requisite filing fee. No later than twentyone (21) calendar days from the date this Order is electronically docketed, Mr. Turner must 

either pay the filing fee or move to proceed in forma pauperis. Should Mr. Turner fail 

to pay the filing fee or move to proceed in forma pauperis, this action will be dismissed 

without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 29, 2019

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