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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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 “Bivens established that compensable injury to a constitutionally protected interest [caused by

federal offficials alleged to have acted under color of federal law] could be vindicated by a suit for

damages invoking the general federal question jurisdiction of the federal courts.” Butz v. Economou, 438 U.S. 478, 486 (1978); Wilkie v. Robbins, 551 U.S. 537, __, 127 S. Ct. 2588, 2597 (2007). “Actions

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MANUEL CABRERA-ALEJANDRE, 

BOP #09376-097, 

Civil No. 09-0846 WQH (AJB)

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.

U.S.A; FRED LAWRENCE, CEO/Warden;

DAVID LUSCHE, Lieutenant; JOHN DOES

1-5; JANE DOES 1-5; LINDSTEDT, Health

Services Administrator; SORIA QUAWITY,

Assoc. Health Service Administrator; 

R. MURRELL, Grievance Committee

Member; M. LAKE, Grievance Committee

Member; S. SORIA, Grievance Committee

Member; RIVERA, Supervisor of Unit B/G, 

Defendants.

 

Plaintiff, a federal inmate currently incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Complex in

Petersburg, Virginia and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil action pursuant to Bivens v. Six

Unknown Named Federal Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. 338 (1971) and the Federal Tort Claims

Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq.1

 Plaintiff claims Defendants acted with deliberate indifference to

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under § 1983 and those under Bivens are identical save for replacement of a state actor under § 1983 by

a federal actor under Bivens.” Van Strum v. Lawn, 940 F.2d 406, 409 (9th Cir. 1991).

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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

subject to the mandatory screening provisions of 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

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his serious medical needs while he was detained in the San Diego Correctional Facility from July

2007 through February 2008. (Compl. ¶ 25.) Plaintiff seeks compensatory and punitive

damages as well as attorney’s fees. (Id. ¶¶ 39, 46.)

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). An action may proceed despite a party’s failure to 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). Here, 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). Id.

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).2

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28 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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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 $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.

DATED: April 29, 2009

WILLIAM Q. HAYES

United States District Judge

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