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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Alberto Jose Del Muro Guerrero,

Plaintiff,

v.

Unknown,

Defendant.

Case No.: 17cv1058-CAB-NLS

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)

Plaintiff James Lynn Hines, proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint 

pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 

403 U.S. 388 (1971). See Doc. No. 1. All parties instituting any civil action, suit or 

proceeding in a 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).1 An action may proceed 

despite a plaintiff’s failure to prepay the entire fee only if he is granted leave to proceed 

IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047,

 

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In addition to the $350 statutory fee, civil litigants 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, § 14 

(eff. Dec. 1, 2014). The additional $50 administrative fee does not apply to persons granted leave to 

proceed IFP. Id.

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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 this civil action, nor has he submitted a properly supported Motion to Proceed

IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Therefore, his case cannot yet proceed. See 28 

U.S.C. § 1914(a); Andrews, 493 F.3d at 1051.

Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES this action sua sponte without prejudice for 

failure to pay the $400 civil filing and administrative fee or to submit a Motion to 

Proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a) and 1915(a). The Clerk of Court is 

instructed to close the case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 24, 2017

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