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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

Eastern District of California 

Lance C. Badgett,

Plaintiff, No. Civ. S 05-2608 GEB PAN P

vs.

Order

California Department

of Corrections, et al.,

Defendants.

-oOoPlaintiff, a prisoner without counsel who has paid part of

the $250 filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. 1914(a), seeks to

commence a civil rights action and seeks summary judgment.

A party seeking to recover upon a claim, counterclaim,

or cross-claim or to obtain a declaratory judgment may,

at any time after the expiration of 20 days from the

commencement of the action or after service of a motion

for summary judgment by the adverse party, move with or

without supporting affidavits for a summary judgment in

the party’s favor upon all or any part thereof.

Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a). A plaintiff who cannot pay the filing fee

in full must seek an order authorizing “commencement” of a suit 

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in forma pauperis. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). 

Plaintiff has neither paid the filing fee in full nor

obtained leave to proceed in forma pauperis and therefore has not

commenced an action. Accordingly, plaintiff’s December 23, 2005,

motion for summary judgment is denied without prejudice.

So ordered.

Dated: January 24, 2006. 

 /s/ Peter A. Nowinski 

 PETER A. NOWINSKI

 Magistrate Judge

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