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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 

DEREK LaVAN JACKSON, Civil No. 13cv0149 WQH'(MDD) aka Lord Masters Morena, 

Booking #13700917. 

Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL 

ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

vs. FOR FAILING TO PAY

FILING FEE REQUIRED 

BY 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) AND/OR 

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO; FAILING TO MOVE TO PROCEED 

GEORGE BAILEY DETENTION IN FORMA PAUPERIS 

FACILITY, PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) Defendants. 

Derek LaVan Jackson, aka Lord Masters Morena ("Plaintiff'), currently detained at 

George Bailey Detention Facility in San Diego, and proceeding pro se, has filed a one-page 

document entitled "civil rights complaint" which "asks for injunctive and compensatory relief," 

"10 million dollars" and a "3-judge jury." Plaintiffs sole claim is that he has been "denied 

access to courts," because when he "asked a deputy for paper," the deputy responded: "This 

isn't Office Depot." (Compl. at 1.) 

Plaintiff claims he also 'would like ... to proceed in forma pauperis," but he has not 

submitted the affidavit required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(I), or submitted a certified copy ofhis 

trust fund account statement as is required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). 

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1 I. 

2 Failure to Pay Filing Fee or Request IFP Status 

3 All parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in any district court of the 

4 United States, except an application for writ ofhabeas 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 this filing fee only 

6 if the party is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis ("IFP") pursuant to 28 U.S.c. 

7 § 1915(a). See Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1051 (9th Cir. 2007); Rodriguez v. Cook, 

8 169 F.3d 1176,1177 (9th Cir. 1999). 

9 Plaintiffhas not prepaid the $350 filing fee required to commence a civil action, nor has 

he complied with 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Therefore, the action cannot yet proceed. fd. 

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12 Conclusion and Order 

13 For the reasons set forth above, the Court hereby: 

14 (1) DISMISSES this action sua sponte without prejudice for 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 

16 (2) GRANTS Plaintiffforty five (45) days leave from the date this Order is filed to: 

17 (a) prepay the entire $350 civil filing fee in full; or (b) complete and file a Motion to Proceed 

18 IFP which includes a certified copy of his trust account statement for the 6-month period 

19 preceding the filing of his Complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2); S.D. CAL. ClvLR 3.2(b).1 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk ofthe Court shall provide Plaintiffwith this 

21 " Court's approved form "Motion and Declaration in Support of Motion to Proceed fn Forma 

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23 I Plaintiff is cautioned that ifhe intends to further prosecute this civil action either by paying the 

24 \I full filing fee required by 28 U .S.C. § 1914(a), or moving to proceed IFP, the one-page document he has 

already submitted will be construed as his Complaint, screened, and is likely to be immediately 

II dismissed insofar as it contains no "short plain statement ofthe grounds for the court's jurisdiction," and 

no "showing that [he] is entitled to relief." FED.R.CIV.P. 8(a)(1), (2). The Court must further dismiss 

26 \I sua sponte any prisoner complaint or IFP case which is determined to be frivolous or malicious, fails to 

state a claim, or which seeks monetary relief from governmental defendants who are immune. See 28 

2711 U.S.C. § 1915A(b); 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(b); Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1126-27 (9th Cir. 2000) 

(en banc) (noting that 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e) "not only permits but requires" the court to sua sponte 

28 II 	 dismiss an informa pauperis complaint that fails to state a claim); Rhodes v. Robinson, 621 F.3d 1002, 

1004 (9th Cir. 2010) (discussing sua sponte screening required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) of all prisoner 

complaints). 

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ON. WILLIAM Q. 

United States Distri 

1 Pauperis." IfPlaintifffails to either prepay the $350 civil filing fee or complete and submit the 

2 enclosed Motion to Proceed IFP within that time, this action shall remain dismissed without 

3 prejudice and without further Order ofthe Court. 

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