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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SEANW.C. WILEY, 

Inmate Booking No. 12539831, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

SAN DIEGO COUNTY; SAN DIEGO 

SHERIFF; GEORGE BAILEY DETENTION 

FACILITY, 

Defendants. 

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No. 

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 

AND DISMISSING CASE WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 1915{a) 

[ECF No.2] 

Plaintiff, currently housed at George Bailey Detention Facility located in San Diego, 

California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983. Plaintiffhas not prepaid the $350 filing fee mandated by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); instead, 

he has filed aMotion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis pursuantto 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). [ECFNo. 

2]. 

All parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in a district court ofthe 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 only if the party is 

granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis ("IFP") pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See 

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Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1051 (9th Cir. 2007); Rodriguezv. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 

1177 (9th Cir. 1999). "Under the PLRA [Prison Litigation Reform Act], all prisoners who file 

IFP civil actions must pay the full amount ofthe filing fee," regardless ofwhether the action is 

ultimately dismissed for any reason. See Taylor v. Delatoore, 281 F.3d 844, 847 (9th Cir. 2002) 

(citing 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) & (2)). 

In order to comply with the PLRA, prisoners seeking leave to proceed IFP must also 

submit a "certified copy ofthe trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for the 

prisoner for the 6-monthperiod immediately preceding the filing ofthecomplaint.. .." 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915(a)(2). From the certified trust account statement, the Court assesses an initial payment 

of 20% of (a) the average monthly deposits in the account for the past six months, or (b) the 

average monthly balance in the account for the past six months, whichever is greater, unless the 

prisoner has no assets. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1), (4); see Taylor, 281 F.3d at 850. Thereafter, 

the institution having custody ofthe prisoner must collect subsequent payments, assessed at 20% 

ofthe preceding month's income, in any month in which the prisoner's account exceeds $10, and 

forward those payments to the Court until the entire filing fee is paid. See 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915(b)(2). 

While Plaintiffhas filed aMotion to Proceed IFP pursuantto 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a), he has 

not attached a certified copy of his prison trust account statement for the 6-month period 

immediately preceding the filing of his Complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2); S.D. CAL. 

ClvLR 3.2. Section 1915(a)(2) clearly mandates that prisoners "seeking to bring a civil action 

... without prepayment offees ... shall submit a certified copy ofthe trust fund account statement 

(or institutional equivalent) ... for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the 

complaint." 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). 

Without Plaintiff s trust account statement, the Court is unable to assess the appropriate 

amount of the filing fee which is statutorily required to initiate the prosecution of this action. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). 

III 

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For the reasons set forth above, IT IS ORDERED that: 

(1) Plaintiffs Motion to Proceed IFP [ECF No.2] is DENIED and the action is 

DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to prepay the $350 filing fee mandated by 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1914(a). 

(2) Plaintiff is GRANTED an additional forty-five (45) days from the date of this 

Order to either: (1) pay the entire $350 filing fee, or (2) file a new 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. CIvLR3.2(b). 

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

Court-approved form "Motion and Declaration in Support of Motion to Proceed IFP" in this 

matter. IfPlaintiff neither pays the $350 filing fee in full nor sufficiently completes and files 

the attached Motion to Proceed IFP, together with a certified copy ofhis trust account statement 

within 45 days, this action shall remained closed without further Order of the Court. 

DATED: 

ON. WILLIAM Q. 

United States District 

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