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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

STEVEN WAYNE BONILLA

J-48500,

Plaintiff,

v.

ANTHONY BATTAGLIA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 3:19-CV-0466-JLS (WVG)

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL 

ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE

FOR FAILING TO PAY 

FILING FEE OR MOVING TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 

Plaintiff Steven Wayne Bonilla, currently incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison

located in San Quentin, California and proceeding pro se, has filed the present civil action

(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 

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

prepay the entire fee only if a court grants leave to proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915(a). See Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1051 (9th Cir. 2007). However, if 

the plaintiff is a prisoner, he remains obligated to pay the entire filing fee in “increments”

even if the district court grants leave to commence his suit IFP, see Williams v. Paramo, 

775 F.3d 1182, 1185 (9th Cir. 2015), and 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).

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

commence this civil action, nor has he submitted 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

For the reasons set forth above, the Court hereby:

(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 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); Civ. 

L. R. 3.2(b).

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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 Misc. Fee Schedule § 14 (eff. 

Dec. 1, 2014)). The additional $50 administrative fee does not apply to persons granted leave to proceed 

IFP. Id.

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

this 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 45 days, this action will remain 

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

requirements and without further Order of the Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 29, 2019

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