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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983pr Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN ROETTGEN, 

CDCR #V-05142,

Civil No. 13cv1101 GPC (BGS)

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.

D. FOSTON, et al., 

Defendants.

 John Roettgen (“Plaintiff”), currently housed at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional

Facility (“RJD”) located in San Diego, California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil action

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

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 $350

filing pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). In addition, all parties filing civil actions must pay an

additional administrative fee of $50. An action may proceed despite a party’s failure to pay the

filing fee only if the party is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28

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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). If a party is granted IFP status, the $50

administrative fee is waived. 

Plaintiff has not prepaid the $350 filing fee and $50 administrative fee 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 action cannot yet proceed. Id.

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, along with the $50 administrative 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 and $50 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). If Plaintiff chooses to file a Motion to Proceed IFP which the Court later grants,

the $50 administrative fee will be waived. 

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 $350 civil filing fee, along with the $50

administrative 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: May 31, 2013

HON. GONZALO P. CURIEL

United States District Judge

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