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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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LAWRENCE LEWIS, 

CDCR #P-22156, 

Plaintiff, 

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Defendant. 

Civil No. 12cv0255 WQH (PCL) 

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) 

18 II Plaintiff, a state inmate currently incarcerated at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional 

1911 Facility,andproceedingprose,hasfiledthisactionpursuantt042 U.S. C. § 1983. Plaintiff has 

II not prepaid the $350 filing fee mandated by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) to commence a civil action; nor 

2111 has he filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis ("IFP") pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). 

2211 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 

24 II United States, except an application for writ ofhabeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of$350. See 

II 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). An action may proceed despite a party's failure to pay this filing fee only 

2611 if the party is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis ("IFP") pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

2711 § 1915(a). SeeAndrewsv. Cervantes,493F.3d 1047,1051 (9thCir.2007);Rodriguezv. Cook, 

2811 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). 

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1 Plaintiff has not prepaid the $350 filing fee required to commence a civil action and has 

2 not submitted a Motion to Proceed IFP. Therefore, his case must be dismissed pursuant to 28 

3 II U.S.C. § 1914(a). Id. 

Conclusion and Order 411 II. 

F or the reasons set forth above, the Court hereby: 

6 II (1) DISMISSES this action sua sponte without prejudice for failing to pay the $350 

7 filing fee or file a Motion to Proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a) and 1915(a); and 

8 (2) GRANTS Plaintiff forty five (45) days leave from the date this Order is filed to: 

9 (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 

11 preceding the filing of his Complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2); S.D. CAL. ClvLR 3.2(b). 

12 IT IS FURTHERORDERED that the Clerk ofthe Court shall provide Plaintiff with this 

13 Court's approved form "Motion and Declaration in Support of Motion to Proceed In Forma 

14 II Pauperis." IfPlaintiff fails to either prepay the $350 civil filing fee or complete and submit the 

II enclosed Motion to Proceed IFP within that time, this action shall remain dismissed without 

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