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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

IMHOTEP JORDAN, Jr., 

aka JOHN JORDAN,

CDCR #C-71742,

Civil No. 11-1152 DMS (NLS)

Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL

ACTION FOR FAILING TO PAY

FILING FEES PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) AND FOR

FAILING TO MOVE 

IN FORMA PAUPERIS

PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)

 vs.

G. CARDENAS,

Defendant.

 

Plaintiff, currently incarcerated at Calipatria State Prison, in Calipatria, California, and

proceeding pro se, has filed a civil action entitled “Request for Entry of Default” [ECF No. 1].

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

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). However, Plaintiff has not prepaid the $350 filing fee required to commence a civil

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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 is likely to be dismissed sua sponte 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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action; nor has he submitted a Motion to Proceed IFP. Therefore, the case must be dismissed

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a).

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 $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).

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

Court’s 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.1

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 27, 2011

HON. DANA M. SABRAW

United States District Judge

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