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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331pi Fed. Question: Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID BRYAN TURNER, JR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAN DIEGO TROLLEY (M.T.S.); 

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO; CITY OF 

SAN DIEGO; CITY OF EL CAJON; and 

711,

Defendants.

Case No.: 18-CV-2879 JLS (AGS)

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL 

ACTION FOR FAILURE TO PAY 

FILING FEES REQUIRED BY

28 U.S.C. § 1914(a)

(ECF No. 1)

On December 21, 2018, Plaintiff David Bryan Turner, Jr., proceeding pro se, filed 

a Complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging causes of action for excessive force in 

violation of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights, violations of the “Fair Cr[e]dit 

Act,” and “enforcing civil rights violations” arising out of the wrongful ticketing and arrest 

of the homeless on the San Diego trolley. See generally ECF No. 1. He seeks damages in 

the amount of $28,000,000 for his excessive force claim, $21,000,000 for his Fair Credit 

claim, and $21,000 for his civil rights claim. See generally id. 

All parties instituting any civil action, suit, or proceeding in a district court of the 

United States, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of 

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$400.1 See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). The action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to 

prepay the entire fee only if he is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis 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). 

In the nearly eight months since he filed his Complaint, Mr. Turner has not paid the 

required $400 filing fee or filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis.

2 Consequently, 

Mr. Turner’s Complaint (ECF No. 1) is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE for 

failure to pay the requisite filing fee. No later than twenty-one (21) calendar days from the 

date this Order is electronically docketed, Mr. Turner must either pay the filing fee or move 

to proceed in forma pauperis. Should Mr. Turner fail to pay the filing fee or move to 

proceed in forma pauperis, this action will be dismissed without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 21, 2019

 

1 In addition to the $350 statutory fee, civil litigants must pay an additional administrative fee of $50. See 28 

U.S.C. § 1914(a) (Judicial Conference Schedule of Fees, District Court Misc. Fee Schedule, § 14 (eff. Dec. 1, 

2016). The additional $50 administrative fee does not apply to persons granted leave to proceed IFP. Id.

2 In his Complaint, see ECF No. 1 at 4, Mr. Turner requests a “fee waiver” on the ground that he “has no 

money [and] he is just getting out of the Central Jail and getting over a[n] injur[]ed hand, face and head 

. . . caused by the” Defendants. Not only is this request improper under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

7(b)(1), which requires that “[a] request for a court order must be made by motion,” but it also fails to 

meet the necessary requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a), which requires the movant to “submit[] an 

affidavit that includes a statement of all assets.”

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