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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

TRAVIS BONDURANT, 

Inmate Booking No. V-40228,

Civil No. 13cv1350 MMA (PCL)

Plaintiff,

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)

 vs.

DAVID LAMB; GARET NUGENT;

MICHAEL TAGG; CITY OF SAN

DIEGO,

Defendant.

 Plaintiff, currently housed at the George Bailey Detention Facility located in San

Diego, California, and proceeding pro se, has filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C.

§ 1983.

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

of $350. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a).1

 An action may proceed despite a party’s failure to

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 All parties filing civil actions on or after May 1, 2013, must pay an additional administrative fee of $50. However, the additional $50 administrative fee is waived if

Plaintiff is granted leave to proceed IFP.

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pay this filing fee 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). 

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 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 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

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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 18, 2013

Hon. Michael M. Anello

United States District Judge

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