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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HORACE LYNN JENKINS, CASE NO. CV F 06-0962 OWW LJO

Plaintiff, ORDER TO PAY FILING FEE

vs. (Doc. 2.)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 

VETERAN’S AFFAIRS,

Defendants.

 /

On July 24, 2006, pro se plaintiff Horace Lynn Jenkins (“plaintiff”) filed with this Court his

Application to Proceed without Prepayment of Fees and Affidavit (“application”) to request to proceed

without prepayment of the $350 filing fee or costs under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff’s application

indicates that he has more than $9,000 in cash, checking or savings, owns stocks and bonds valued at

$5,300 and receives disability or workers’ compensation in an amount not disclosed. 

Filing fees are addressed by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) which provides the “clerk of each district court

shall require the parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding, in such court . . . to pay a filing

fee . . .” and which is $350 for civil actions in this Court. This Court’s Local Rule 77-121(c) provides

in pertinent part: “[T]he Clerk shall not file any paper, issue any process, or render any other service for

which a fee is prescribed by statute or by the Judicial Conference of the United States unless the fee is

prepaid.” A person may be allowed to proceed with a civil action without paying a filing fee upon

submission of an affidavit stating he/she is unable to pay such fee, the nature of the action and the belief

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he/she is entitled to redress. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1); Rowland v. California Men’s Colony, 506 U.S.

194, 201, 113 S.Ct. 716, 720-721 (1993).

The affidavit required under 28 U.S.C. §1915(a) has been described as an "allegation of poverty."

Rowland, 506 U.S. at 203, 113 S.Ct. at 722. In Rowland, 506 U.S. at 203, 113 S.Ct. at 722, the United

States Supreme Court noted in reference to an application for in forma pauperis status:

Poverty, in its primary sense, is a human condition, to be "[w]anting in material riches

or goods; lacking in the comforts of life; needy," Webster's New International

Dictionary 1919 (2d ed. 1942) . . . As we first said in 1948, "[w]e think an affidavit is

sufficient which states that one cannot because of his poverty 'pay or give security for the

costs ... and still be able to provide' himself and dependents 'with the necessities of life.'

" Adkins v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 335 U.S. 331, 339, 69 S.Ct. 85, 89, 93 L.Ed.

43. 

Plaintiff’s application does not indicate that any other person is dependent upon him for support.

He has assets and some form of income. Plaintiff is not poverty-stricken. If plaintiff is earnest in

pursuing his claims, he appears to have the ability to pay the filing fee, waiver of which is reserved for

the truly needy. 

Accordingly, on the basis of good cause, this Court:

1. DENIES plaintiff’s application to proceed without prepayment of fees; and

2. ORDERS plaintiff, no later than August 25, 2006, to pay the $350 filing fee.

Plaintiff is admonished that this Court will take no action regarding his claims until he

pays the $350 filing fee and that this Court will dismiss this action if plaintiff fails to timely comply

with this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 26, 2006 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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