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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

JIMMIE LEE JACKSON,

CDCR #C-49500,

Civil No. 07-1108 L (POR)

R.M. HOUSTON, Assoc. Warden; 

Lt. COOK, Sgt. J.C. MARTINEZ; 

Sgt. H. MENDEZ; Sgt. RODRIGUES; 

Sgt. CLARK; C/O D. BARRETTO; 

C/O L. CORDOVA; DOES 1-8,

ORDER DISMISSING CASE

WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR

FAILING TO PAY FILING FEES

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a)

AND/OR MOVE TO PROCEED 

IN FORMA PAUPERIS 

PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) 

Defendants.

Plaintiff, an inmate currently incarcerated at High Desert State Prison in Susanville,

California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

I. 

Failure to Pay Filing Fee or Request IFP Status

Effective April 9, 2006, all parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in a

district court of the United States, other than a 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 only if

the party is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).

See Andrews v. Cervantes, ___ F.3d ___ (9th Cir. June 26, 2007) (No. 04-17459), slip op. at

7630; Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). 

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In this case, Plaintiff has neither prepaid the $350 filing fee required to commence this

action, nor has he submitted a Motion to Proceed IFP. Therefore, this action is subject to

immediate dismissal 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 Plaintiff thirty (30) days leave from the date this Order is stamped

“Filed” to: (a) prepay the entire $350 civil filing 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 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall provide Plaintiff with the

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

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

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

prejudice and without further Order of the Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 29, 2007

M. James Lorenz

United States District Court Judge

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