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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TONY BLACKMAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

KEN CLARK, et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 1:16-cv-00797-LJO-MJS (PC)

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE FOR FAILURE TO PAY 

FILING FEE 

CLERK TO CLOSE CASE

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant 

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff initiated this action on June 6, 2016. (ECF No. 1.) That same 

day, Plaintiff filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 2.) 

On June 15, 2016, the Magistrate Judge assigned to the case issued findings and 

recommendations to deny Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis and order 

Plaintiff to pay the filing fee in full. (ECF No. 8.) The Magistrate Judge determined that as 

Plaintiff had brought more than three lawsuits that were dismissed for being frivolous or

malicious, or failed to state a claim, Plaintiff was subject to 28 U.S.C. 1915(g), which 

provides that “[i]n no event shall a prisoner bring a civil action . . . under this section if the 

prisoner has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, 

brought an action or appeal in a court of the United States that was dismissed on the 

grounds that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be 

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granted, unless the prisoner is under imminent danger of serious physical injury.” The 

Magistrate Judge determined that as the instant lawsuit arose from the processing of 

Plaintiff’s inmate appeals, Plaintiff did not fall under the imminent danger exception.

On July 25, 2016, this Court issued an order adopting the Magistrate Judge’s 

findings and recommendations in full, denying Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma 

pauperis, and directing Plaintiff to pay the $400.00 filing fee within twenty-one days. (ECF 

No. 14.) The twenty-one day deadline passed and Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee, nor did 

he seek an extension of time in which to do so. 

Plaintiff’s action may not proceed absent the submission of the filing fee. 28 U.S.C. § 

1914. Based on Plaintiff’s failure to comply with the Court’s order, dismissal of this action is 

appropriate. See In re Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) Products Liability Litigation, 460 F.3d 

1217, 1226 (9th Cir. 2006); Local Rule 110. 

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. This action is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE, based on Plaintiff’s failure 

to pay the filing fee, and 

2. The Clerk of the Court shall terminate any and all pending motions and 

CLOSE the case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 19, 2016 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill _____ 

UNITED STATES CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE

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