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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JUAN JOSE AMARRA-HERRARTE,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 06cv2714 BTM (NLS)

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL ACTION

WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR:

(1) FAILURE TO PREPAY $350

CIVIL FILING FEE OR MOVE TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

and

(2) FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM

vs.

SIX UNKNOWN NAMES AGENTS, et al.,

Defendant.

Plaintiff, currently detained at the Federal Correctional Institution at Greenville, IL, and

proceeding pro se, has filed a complaint which he has captioned as a civil rights action under

42 U.S.C. § 1983.

I. Failure to Pay Filing Fee or Request IFP Status

Effective April 9, 2006, all parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in a

district court of the United States, other than a 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

only if the party is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(a). See Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999).

Here, Plaintiff has neither prepaid the $350 filing fee required to commence this action,

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nor has he submitted a Motion to Proceed IFP. Therefore, this action is subject to immediate

dismissal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). 

Plaintiff is cautioned that if he chooses to proceed with this action either by paying the

full civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a), or moving to proceed IFP, his Complaint

will be subject to the mandatory screening and sua sponte dismissal provisions of 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915A(b) and 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(b). Moreover, prisoners granted leave to proceed

IFP remain obligated to pay the entire fee in installments, regardless of whether their action

is ultimately dismissed. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) & (2); Taylor v. Delatoore, 281 F.3d 844,

847 (9th Cir. 2002).

II. Failure to State a Claim

In addition, a review of Plaintiff’s complaint reveals that it is wholly unintelligible. Fed.

R. Civ. P. 8(a) requires that a complaint contain “a short and plain statement of the claim

showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.” The Court is unable to discern the nature of

Plaintiff’s claim, who the complaint is addressed to, or any grounds upon which this Court

could grant relief.

III. Conclusion and Order

For the reasons set forth above, the Court hereby:

(1) DISMISSES this action sua sponte without prejudice for: (a) 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 (b) failing to properly plead pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a); and

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

“Filed” to: (a) file an amended complaint which properly states his claim for relief; and (b)

prepay the entire $350 civil filing fee in full or 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).

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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.” If Plaintiff fails to either prepay the $350 civil filing fee or complete and submit the

attached Motion to Proceed IFP within that time, this action shall be finally dismissed without

prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: December 21, 2006

Hon. Barry Ted Moskowitz

United States District Judge

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