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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JONATHAN AYALA, 

CDCR #F-25736

Civil No. 14cv1794 GPC (JLB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL

ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE

FOR FAILING TO PAY 

FILING FEE REQUIRED 

AND/OR FAILING TO MOVE TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

 vs.

W. FERMON; W.L. MONTGOMERY,

Defendants.

Plaintiff, currently housed at Calipatria State Prison, located in Calipatria,

 

California, filed this action on July 25, 2014.

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

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of $400. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). An action may proceed despite a party’s failure to

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pay this filing fee only if the party is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”)

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). 

Plaintiff has not prepaid the $400 in filing and administrative fees required to

commence a civil action, nor has he submitted a Motion to Proceed IFP pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 1915(a). Thus, the case cannot yet proceed. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a).

II. Conclusion and Order

For the reasons set forth above, the Court:

(1) DISMISSES this action without prejudice for failing to pay the $400 civil

filing and administrative fee or 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

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 that time, this action

will remain dismissed without prejudice and without further Order of the Court.

DATED: August 1, 2014

HON. GONZALO P. CURIEL

United States District Judge

In addition to the $350 statutory fee, all parties filing civil actions on or after May 1, 2013, 1

must pay an additional administrative fee of $50. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) (Judicial Conference

Schedule of Fees, District Court Misc. Fee Schedule) (eff. May 1, 2013). However, the additional $50

administrative fee is waived if the plaintiff is granted leave to proceed IFP. Id. 

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