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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983pr Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT L. NELSON, 

aka JAMAL MYXZ, 

Booking No. 17145564 ,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CITY OF IMPERIAL BEACH; 

IMPERIAL BEACH SHERIFF’S DEPT.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 3:17-cv-01913-GPC-KSC

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)

ROBERT L. NELSON, also known as Jamal Myxz (Plaintiff), proceeding pro se 

and while detained at George Bailey Detention Facility in San Diego, California, has 

filed a civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (ECF No. 1). 

While his Complaint is devoid of specifics, Plaintiff claims he was “attacked” by 

the Imperial Beach Sheriff’s Department, and has been defamed and detained by them 

through the use of drugged and diseased informants who used “unlawful advantage” to 

“gain entry to [his] residence.” (Id. at 1-3).

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I. Failure to Pay Filing Fee or Request IFP Status

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 

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

prepay the entire fee only if he is granted leave to proceed 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, if the Plaintiff is a prisoner, and 

even if he is granted leave to commence his suit IFP, he remains obligated to pay the 

entire filing fee in “increments,” see Williams v. Paramo, 775 F.3d 1182, 1185 (9th Cir. 

2015), regardless of whether his case is ultimately dismissed. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) 

& (2); Taylor v. Delatoore, 281 F.3d 844, 847 (9th Cir. 2002).

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

commence this civil action, nor has he filed a properly supported Motion to Proceed IFP 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Therefore, his case cannot yet proceed. See 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1914(a); Andrews, 493 F.3d at 1051.

II. Conclusion and Order

Accordingly, the Court:

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

$400 civil filing and administrative fee or to 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 of his trust 

 

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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. June 1, 2016). The additional $50 administrative fee does 

not apply to persons granted leave to proceed IFP. Id.

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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).

The Court further DIRECTS the Clerk of the Court to provide Plaintiff with the

Court’s approved form “Motion and Declaration in Support of Motion to Proceed In 

Forma Pauperis.”2If Plaintiff fails to either prepay the $400 civil filing fee or complete 

and submit the enclosed Motion to Proceed IFP within 45 days, this action will remain 

dismissed without prejudice based on Plaintiff’s failure to satisfy 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a)’s 

fee requirements and without further Order of the Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 4, 2017

 

2 Plaintiff is cautioned that if he chooses to proceed further by either prepaying the full 

$400 civil filing fee, or submitting a properly supported Motion to Proceed IFP, his 

Complaint will be reviewed before service and may be dismissed sua sponte pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) and/or 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B), regardless of whether he pays or 

is obligated to pay filing fees. 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 is frivolous, malicious, fails to state a 

claim, or seeks damages from defendants who are immune); see also Rhodes v. Robinson, 

621 F.3d 1002, 1004 (9th Cir. 2010) (discussing similar screening required by 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915A of all complaints filed by prisoners “seeking redress from a governmental entity 

or officer or employee of a governmental entity.”).

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