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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

SEAVON PIERCE, 

Plaintiff,

v.

FRESNO FEDERAL COURT, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-cv-01910-LJO-JLT (PC)

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

TO DISMISS BASED ON PLAINTIFF’S 

FAILURE TO OBEY COURT ORDER 

AND TO PAY FILING FEE 

(Docs. 12, 14)

30-DAY DEADLINE

On January 12, 2016, Plaintiff filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant 

to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (Doc. 5.) The Court denied the application and ordered him to pay the 

$400.00 filing fee within thirty days. (Doc. 12.) More than thirty days have passed and Plaintiff 

has failed to pay the filing fee. However, he did file both a motion for reconsideration1(Doc. 13) 

and a document entitled “FRCP 19(a)(1) Request that All Parties be Joined and that Joint Relief 

be Considered as Relief Upon the Request of Enforcement Upon the Defined Law; Request that 

this Court Find that 1915A Does Not Apply to All Parties Whose Rights Have Been Violated, or 

Upon the Request for Enforcement the Petitioners Do Not Have to be a Party to Request a Duty 

Be Performed as a Duty of Public Office or as Official Duty, and the Court is Required to Make a 

Ruling Upon Duty to Report a Crime, Illegal Acts as Defined by Law; 18 USC 4; 28 USD 591, 

535(b)” (Doc. 14). This latter document is construed as a request for joinder of parties under 

 

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This motion for reconsideration need not be addressed since it has been denied already. (See Doc. 15.)

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19.

Plaintiff’s request for joinder under Rule 19 is improper at this time given that a civil 

action may not proceed absent the submission of either the filing fee or an approved application 

to proceed in forma pauperis. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914, 1915. The Court denied Plaintiff’s application 

to proceed in forma pauperis because he had filed at least three cases that failed to state a claim or 

were frivolous and his current action did not demonstrate he was at imminent danger of serious 

physical harm. (Doc. 12.) 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Despite having thirty days to pay the filing fee, 

Plaintiff has failed to do so. 

Based on Plaintiff’s ineligibility to proceed in forma pauperis and his failure to comply 

with the Court’s order to pay the filing fee in full, the Court finds dismissal of this action is 

appropriate. In re Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) Products Liability Litigation, 460 F.3d 1217, 

1226 (9th Cir. 2006); Local Rule 110. Accordingly, the Court RECOMMENDS that this action 

be DISMISSED without prejudice for Plaintiff's failure to pay the $400.00 filing fee and that 

Plaintiff’s motion for joinder under Rule 19 be denied. 

These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge 

assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Rule 304 of the 

Local Rules of Practice for the United States District Court, Eastern District of California. Within 

30 days after being served with these findings and recommendations, Plaintiff may file written 

objections with the court. Such a document should be captioned “Objections to Magistrate Judge’s 

Findings and Recommendations.” Plaintiff is advised failure to file objections within the specified 

time may waive the right to appeal the District Court’s order. Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th 

Cir. 1991); Wilkerson v. Wheeler, 772 F.3d 834, 834 (9th Cir. 2014).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 27, 2016 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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