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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

ERIK ARREOLA,

Booking #9796966,

Civil No. 10-1013 MMA (BLM)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL

ACTION FOR FAILING TO PAY

FILING FEES PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) AND FAILING 

TO MOVE TO PROCEED 

IN FORMA PAUPERIS

PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)

vs.

U.S. MARSHALS, et al.

Defendants.

 

Plaintiff, currently detained at George Bailey Detention Facility in San Diego, California,

and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil complaint seeking damages from United States Marshals

and individual officers assigned to the Department of Justice Fugitive Task Force based on

claims that they used excessive force against him while executing a warrant for his arrest on

December 18, 2009. See Compl. at 1-2.

I.

FAILURE TO PAY FILING FEE OR REQUEST IFP STATUS

Any party instituting a 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

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 Plaintiff is cautioned that if he chooses to proceed further with this action either by paying the

full civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a), or moving to proceed IFP, his Complaint will be

screened and may be dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) and 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(b). See

Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1126-27 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc) (noting that 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e) “not

only permits but requires” the court to sua sponte dismiss an in forma pauperis complaint that fails to

state a claim); see also Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 446 (9th Cir. 2000) (discussing sua sponte

screening required by 28 U.S.C.§ 1915A(b)). Moreover, such a dismissal may be counted as a “strike”

against Plaintiff if he requests IFP status in any future civil action filed while he is incarcerated. See

Andrews, 493 F.3d at 1052 (under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, “[p]risoners who have repeatedly

brought unsuccessful suits may entirely be barred from IFP status under the three strikes rule[.]”).

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leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See Rodriguez v.

Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). 

Plaintiff has not paid the $350 filing fee required to initiate this civil action, however; nor

has he submitted a motion to proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).

II. 

CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Accordingly, 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 forty five (45) days leave from the date this Order is 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. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2); S.D. CAL. CIVLR 3.2(b).1

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 $350 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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 14, 2010

Hon. Michael M. Anello

United States District Judge

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