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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

MANUEL GUTIERREZ, 

BOP #18652-298,

Civil No. 13cv1529 LAB (JMA)

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.

SIX UNKNOWN NAMES AGENTS;

BARACK OBAMA, President of the United

States,

Defendants.

Plaintiff, currently detained at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing

 

Center located in El Paso, Texas, and proceeding pro se, filed an illegible one-page complaint

entitled “Civil Rights Action with the Writ of Summons and Complaint” “under 42 U.S.C.

§ 1983” (ECF No. 1) on July 1, 2013. 

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 $400. See

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28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). An action may proceed despite a party’s failure to pay this filing fee only 1

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). 

Plaintiff has not prepaid the $400 in filing and administrative fees required to commence

a civil action, nor has he submitted a Motion to Proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). 

Therefore, the case cannot yet proceed. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); Andrews, 493 F.3d at 1051.

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 $400

civil filing and administrative fee or submit 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 $400 civil filing and administrative 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

IT ISFURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk ofthe 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 $400 civil filing fee or complete and submit the

In addition to the $350 statutory fee, all parties filing civil actions on or after May 1, 2013, 1

must pay an additional administrative fee of $50. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) (Judicial Conference

Schedule of Fees, District Court Misc. Fee Schedule) (eff. May 1, 2013). However, the additional $50

administrative fee is waived if the plaintiff is granted leave to proceed IFP. Id.

Plaintiff is cautioned that if he chooses to proceed further with this action either by paying the 2

full $400 in civil and administrative filing fees required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a), or moving to proceed

IFP, his Complaint, which is currently comprised of a single illegible paragraph of incomprehensible

legal jargon seeking unspecified relief against unidentified “agents” and the President of the United

States, will be screened and immediately dismissed as frivolous pursuant to 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 Rhodes v. Robinson, 621 F.3d 1002, 1004

(9th Cir. 2010) (discussing sua sponte screening required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) of all prisoner

complaints).

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

prejudice and without further Order of the Court.

DATED: July 8, 2013

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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