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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Personal Injury

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 The Court notes that Plaintiff was formerly a California state inmate. It is unclear whether he

is currently a California state inmate housed temporarily in Arizona, or whether he is now serving an

Arizona prison sentence. 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES LYNN O’HINES, 

CDCR #K-86989, 

ADC #197067,

Civil No. 08-0699 DMS (BLM)

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.

JOHN ONTIVEROS, Warden, et al.,

Defendants.

 

Plaintiff, an inmate currently incarcerated at the Arizona State Prison Complex in

Florence, Arizona, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil action which is entitled a “Coram

Nobis Appeal” but which invokes federal jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (diversity

of citizenship), 28 U.S.C. § 1655 (lien enforcement); 18 U.S.C. § 1201 (kidnaping), 42 U.S.C.

§ 2000c (Department of Education Organization Act), 28 U.S.C. § 1738A (full faith and credit

given to child custody determinations), 42 U.S.C. §§ 654, 655, 663 (Title IV-D of the Social

Security Act) and the “Model Penal Code § 210.1 (1977)”.1 (Compl. at 1.) 

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While the exact nature of Plaintiff’s claims is far from clear, he seeks an injunction

preventing defendants, who appear to be prison officials in California, Arizona, and Tijuana,

Mexico, from “further custodial prosecutions” and from “impos[ing] draconian punishments for

racial, religious, [and] sexual discrimination.” (Id. at 7.)

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).

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

1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). 

Here, 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

For the reasons set forth above, 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); and

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

to: (a) prepay 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 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). 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall provide Plaintiff with the

Court’s approved form “Motion and Declaration in Support of Motion to Proceed In Forma

Pauperis.” 

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If Plaintiff fails to either prepay the $350 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 of the Court.

DATED: April 21, 2008

HON. DANA M. SABRAW

United States District Judge

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