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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID ESCAMILLA,

CDCR #H-49720,

Plaintiff,

vs.

A. DANIAL,

Defendant.

Case No.: 3:18-cv-02500-GPC-JLB

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)

David Escamilla (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se and while housed at the Salinas 

Valley State Prison has filed a “Complaint under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983.”

See Compl., ECF No. 1. 

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 

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

 

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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 

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prepay the entire fee only if he is granted leave to proceed 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). However, if the Plaintiff is a prisoner, and 

even if he is granted leave to commence his suit IFP, he remains obligated to pay the 

entire filing fee in “increments,” see Williams v. Paramo, 775 F.3d 1182, 1185 (9th Cir. 

2015), regardless of whether his case is ultimately dismissed. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) 

& (2); Taylor v. Delatoore, 281 F.3d 844, 847 (9th Cir. 2002).

Plaintiff has not prepaid the $400 in filing and administrative fees required to 

commence this civil action, nor has he filed a properly supported Motion to Proceed IFP

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Therefore, his case cannot yet proceed. See 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1914(a); Andrews, 493 F.3d at 1051.

II. Conclusion and Order

Accordingly, the Court:

(1) DISMISSES this action sua sponte without prejudice for failure to pay the 

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

28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a) and 1915(a); and

(2) GRANTS Plaintiff thirty (30) days leave from the date this Order is filed 

to: (a) prepay the entire $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).

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Misc. Fee Schedule, § 14 (eff. June 1, 2016). The additional $50 administrative fee does 

not apply to persons granted leave to proceed IFP. Id.

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The Court further 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 $400 civil filing fee or complete 

and submit the enclosed Motion to Proceed IFP within 30 days, this action will remain 

dismissed without prejudice based on Plaintiff’s failure to satisfy 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a)’s 

fee requirements.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 9, 2018

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