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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

IVORY J. PHILLIPS, 

CDCR #F-90996,

Civil No. 13cv0567 JAH (WMc)

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.

GERALD JANDA, et al.,

Defendants.

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan Correctional

Facility in San Diego, California, and proceeding pro se, has submitted a civil rights Complaint

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (ECF Doc. No. 1).1

 

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 The Court takes judicial notice of another proceeding filed by Plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254. See Phillips v. Cal. Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation, S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 12cv2870

WQH (BGS); Bias v. Moynihan, 508 F.3d 1212, 1225 (9th Cir. 2007) (court “‘may take notice of

proceedings in other courts, both within and without the federal judicial system, if those proceedings

have a direct relation to matters at issue.’” (quoting Bennett v. Medtronic, Inc., 285 F.3d 801, 803 n.2

(9th Cir. 2002)). Judge Hayes dismissed Plaintiff’s habeas petition on January 4, 2013, however, in part

because it appeared to challenge the conditions of his confinement and not the fact or duration of his

confinement. See Jan. 4, 2013 Order [ECF Doc. No. 4] in S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 12cv2870 WQH

(BGS) at 2-3. Plaintiff was granted leave to amend his habeas petition, if he “wishe[d] to challenge the

validity of his state court conviction and proceed with [that] case,” but was also notified that if he

instead “wishe[d] to challenge the conditions of his confinement, he must file a complaint pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983 which [would] be given a new case number.” Id. at 5-6. Plaintiff has apparently

decided to do both: on March 11, 2013, he submitted the civil rights complaint which has been assigned

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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. See

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

Plaintiff has not prepaid the $350 filing 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 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 $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. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2); S.D. CAL. CIVLR 3.2(b).2

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to this Court as S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 13cv0567 JAH (WMc), and on March 1, 2013, he filed a

Motion for Extension of Time in which to submit an amended habeas petition in S.D. Cal. Civil Case

No. 12cv2870 WQH (BGS) [ECF Doc. No. 6]. That motion remains pending before Judge Hayes, but

has no relevance to this case. 

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

full civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a), or moving to proceed IFP, his Complaint will be

screened and may be dismissed sua sponte pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) and/or 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(e)(2)(b) if the Court finds it frivolous or malicious, if it fails to state a claim, or if he seeks

damages from defendants who are immune. 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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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the 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 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: March 22, 2013 _________________________________________

 HON. JOHN A. HOUSTON

 United States District Judge 

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