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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

JEFF E. WALKER, 

CDCR # F-11343,

Civil No. 14cv0788 BTM (KSC)

Plaintiff,

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.

C/O HUBERT; C/O MOORE; 

SGT. LUNA; LT. ACUNA;

C/O LABACO; C/O MURPHY;

NURSE DONOHUE; JOHN AND JANE

DOES,

Defendants.

Plaintiff, currently incarcerated at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility 

located in San Diego, California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil action pursuant

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, along with a Motion entitled “Request TRO/Injunction under

‘Imminent Danger’ Expedite due to Life in Danger in this Prison.” (ECF Doc. Nos. 1,

2.)

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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 $400. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). An action may proceed despite a party’s failure to 1

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). See Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1051 (9th

Cir. 2007); Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). 

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

Andrews, 493 F.3d at 1051.

II. Motion for Temporary Restraining Order

At this time, the Court will defer ruling on Plaintiff’s Motion for Temporary

Restraining Order. If Plaintiff pays the filing fee or properly files a Motion to Proceed

IFP, the Court will rule on Plaintiff’s Motion. The actions complained of in Plaintiff’s

Complaint are alleged to have occurred in January of 2014 but the Motion failsto clearly

articulate what the current “imminent danger” Plaintiff is facing. 

In addition, the Court takes judicial notice that Plaintiff has filed seventeen civil

rights actions since 2008 in the Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California. A

court “‘may take notice of proceedings in other courts, both within and without the

federal judicial system, if those proceedings have a direct relation to matters at issue.’” 

Bias v. Moynihan, 508 F.3d 1212, 1225 (9th Cir. 2007) (quoting Bennett v. Medtronic,

Inc., 285 F.3d 801, 803 n.2 (9th Cir. 2002)). If Plaintiff chooses to file a Motion to

Proceed IFP, he may be barred by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).

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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III. 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

$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 shall 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

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

DATED: April 10, 2014

BARRY TED MOSKOWITZ, Chief Judge

United States District Court

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