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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

PEDRO RODRIGUEZ, 

Inmate Booking No. 1474593

Civil No. 14cv2646 LAB (DHB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL

ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE

FOR FAILING TO PAY 

FILING FEES 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.

ROBERT S. STALL; LAURA ENGREM;

F. MICHAEL GARCIA;

OFFICE OF ASSIGNED COUNSEL,

SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO,

Defendants.

Plaintiff, currently incarcerated at the Vista Detention Facility located in Vista,

California, has filed this civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

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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 in compliance

with 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. 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

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

2013, must pay an additional administrative fee of $50. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a), (b); 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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or fully complete and submit the enclosed Motion to Proceed IFP within that time, this

action shall remain dismissed without prejudice for the reasons set out in this Order.

DATED: November 12, 2014

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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