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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 

GERALD T. DAVIS, 

Inmate Booking No. 14718350, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

UNNAMED DEFENDANTS, 

Defendants. 

Civil No. 14cv0818 WQH (BLM) 

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, currently incarcerated at the San Diego Central Jail located in San Dieg , 

California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil action. 

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 

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

2 pay this filing fee only if the party is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis ("IFP") 

3 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1051 (9th 

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

5 Plaintiff has not prepaid the $400 in filing and administrative fees required to 

6 commence a civil action, nor has he submitted a Motion to Proceed IFP pursuant to 28 

7 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Therefore, the case cannot yet proceed. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); 

8 Andrews, 493 F.3d at 1051. 

9 II. Conclusion and Order 

10 F or the reasons set forth above, the Court hereby: 

11 (1) DISMISSES this action sua sponte without prejudice for failing to pay the 

12 $400 civil filing and administrative fee or submit a Motion to Proceed IFP pursuant to 

13 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a) and 1915(a); and 

14 (2) GRANTS Plaintiff forty five (45) days leave from the date this Order is 

15 filed to: (a) prepay the entire $400 civil filing and administrative fee in full; or 

16 (b) complete and file a Motion to Proceed IFP which includes a certified copy ofhis trust 

17 account statement for the 6-month period preceding the filing of his Complaint. See 28 

18 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2); S.D. CAL. ClvLR 3.2(b). 

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

20 with this Court's approved form "Motion and Declaration in Support of Motion to 

21 Proceed In Forma Pauperis." If Plaintiff fails to either prepay the $400 civil filing fee 

22 or complete and submit the enclosed Motion to Proceed IFP within that time, this action 

23 shall remain dismissed without prejudice and without further 0 der of the Court. 

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27 1 In addition to the $350 statutory fee, all parties filing civil actions on or after May 1,2013, 

must pay an additional administrative fee of $50. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) (Judicial Conference 

28 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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