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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

ROBERT HEIZELMAN,

BOP #20068-298,

Civil No. 10-2035 IEG (BGS)

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.

GSK, et al.,

Defendants.

 

Plaintiff, currently incarcerated at Metropolitan Correctional Center, and proceeding pro se, has

filed a civil rights complaint. 

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 action; nor has he submitted a motion to proceed IFP.

Therefore, the case must be dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a).

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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 histrust 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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 6, 2010

IRMA E. GONZALEZ, Chief Judge

United States District Court

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