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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

JAMES LYNN O’HINES, 

CDCR #K-86989, 

ADC #197067,

Civil No. 08-1336 JM (RBB)

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.

RUIZ, Captain, et al.,

Defendants.

 

Plaintiff, an inmate currently incarcerated at the Arizona State Prison Complex in

Florence, Arizona, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42

U.S.C. § 1983, among other federal statutes. (See Compl. at 1.)

I.

FAILURE TO PAY FILING FEE OR REQUEST IFP STATUS

 All parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in a 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

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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 neither prepaid the $350 filing fee required to commence a civil

action, nor has submitted a Motion to Proceed IFP. Therefore, this case is subject to

immediate dismissal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a).

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 pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(a)(2) and S.D. CAL. CIVLR 3.2(b).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall provide Plaintiff

with the 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: August 5, 2008

 Hon. Jeffrey T. Miller

 United States District Judge

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