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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 

LOUIS QUNITANILLA, Civil 14cv0628 WQH (MDD)

Inmate Booking No. A205753262, No. 

Plaintiff, 

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL 

ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

vs. 	 FOR FAILING TO PAY 

FILING FEES REOUIRED 

BY 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) AND/OR 

FAILING TO'MOV:E TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 

SIX UNKNOWN NAMES AGENTS; PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) BARACK OBAMA, 

Defendants. 

Plaintiff, currently detained at the Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden, 

Alabama, and proceeding pro se, filed an incomprehensible one-page complaint entitled 

"Civil Rights Action with the Writ of Summons and Complaint" "under 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983" on March 17,2014 (ECF Doc. No. 1). 

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I. 	 FAILURE TOPAV FILING FEE ORREQUESTIFP 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(aV An action may proceed despite a party's failure to 

pay this filing fee only ifthe 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. 	 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 ofhis trust 

account statement for the 6-month period preceding the filing ofhis Complaint. See 28 

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

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk ofthe 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 

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

2013, must pay an additional administrative fee 0 $50. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a), (b); Judicial 

Conference Schedule ofFees, District Court Misc. Fee Schedule, eff. May 1,2013. However, 

the additional $50 administrative fee is waived ifthe plaintiff is granted leave to proceed IFP. 

Id. 

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

shall remain dismissed without prejudice and without further Order oft e Court . 

DATED: . 7p{Uy' 

HON. WILLIAM Q. YES 

United States Distnc Judge 

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