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Nature of Suit Code: 560
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Civil Detainee - Conditions of Confinement
Cause of Action: 42:1983pr Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID B. TURNER, Jr.

15780644,

Plaintiff,

v.

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 3:16-cv-1136-LAB-JMA

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL

ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE

FOR FAILING TO PAY 

FILING FEE REQUIRED 

BY 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) AND/OR

FAILING TO MOVE TO PROCEED

IN FORMA PAUPERIS 

PURSUANT TO

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)

David B. Turner, Jr. (“Plaintiff”), currently incarcerated at George Bailey

Detention Facility located in San Diego, California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a

civil rights complaint (“Compl.”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (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). An action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to 1

prepay the entire fee only if he is granted leave to proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §

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

Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). However, if the Plaintiff is a prisoner, and

even if he is granted leave to commence his suit IFP, he remains obligated to pay the

entire filing fee in “increments,” see Williams v. Paramo, 775 F.3d 1182, 1185 (9th Cir.

2015), 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).

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 forty-five (45) days leave 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); S.D. Cal. CivLR 3.2(b).

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

 In addition to the $350 statutory fee, civil litigants must pay an additional administrative fee of $50. 1

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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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: May 16, 2016

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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