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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

YOUNG YIL JO, BOP #01183-112;

RAMON A. UBENCE, BOP #81371-198,

Civil No. 11-2947 DMS (POR)

Plaintiffs, 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)

 vs.

SIX UNKNOWN NAMES AGENTS;

BARACK OBAMA, Mr. President of the

United States,

Defendants.

 

Plaintiffs, two inmates currently incarcerated at the Big Spring Correctional Center

located in Big Spring, Texas, and proceeding pro se, filed this action entitled “Under 42 U.S.C.

1983 Civil Right Action with the Writ of Summons and Complaint.” Neither Plaintiff has

prepaid the $350 filing fee mandated by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) to commence a civil action; nor has

either filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).

I. Failure to Pay Filing Fee or Request IFP Status

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

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 this filing fee only

if the party is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

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§ 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). 

Plaintiffs have not prepaid the $350 filing fee required to commence a civil action and

neither has submitted a Motion to Proceed IFP. Therefore, the case must be dismissed pursuant

to 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). Id.

II. Conclusion and Order

For the reasons set forth above, the Court hereby:

(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

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

(a) prepay the entire $350 civil filing fee in full; or (b) each 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 shall provide Plaintiffs with

this Court’s approved form “Motion and Declaration in Support of Motion to Proceed In Forma

Pauperis.” If Plaintiffs fail to either prepay the $350 civil filing fee or complete and submit the

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

prejudice and without further Order of the Court.

DATED: December 22, 2011

HON. DANA M. SABRAW

United States District Judge

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