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Nature of Suit Code: 240
Nature of Suit: Torts to Land
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Tort Claim

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GENE CHITTENDEN, et al.,,

Plaintiffs,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:13-cv-1351 MCE CKD PS

ORDER

Plaintiffs are proceeding pro se. Plaintiffs have each filed an in forma pauperis affidavit. 

Pursuant to federal statute, a filing fee of $400.00 is required to commence a civil action in 

federal district court. 28 U.S.C. §1914(a). The court may authorize the commencement of an 

action “without prepayment of fees and costs or security therefor, by a person who makes 

affidavit that he is unable to pay such costs or give security therefor.” 28 U.S.C. §1915(a). The 

combined amount of plaintiffs’ income and assets shows that plaintiffs are able to pay the filing 

fee and costs. Thus, plaintiffs have made an inadequate showing of indigency. See Alexander v. 

Carson Adult High Sch., 9 F.3d 1448 (9th Cir. 1993); California Men’s Colony v. Rowland, 939 

F.2d 854, 858 (9th Cir. 1991); Stehouwer v. Hennessey, 841 F. Supp. 316, (N.D. Cal. 1994). 

Plaintiffs will therefore be granted twenty days in which to submit the appropriate filing fee to the 

Clerk of the Court. Plaintiffs are cautioned that failure to pay the fee will result in a 

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recommendation that the applications to proceed in forma pauperis be denied and the instant 

action be dismissed without prejudice.

Dated: July 10, 2013

4 chitten1351.den

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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