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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Constitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SHELTON HICKERSON, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

VETERANS AFFAIRS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-04356-BLF 

ORDER DISMISSING CASE

When the complaint was filed in this action, Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee but instead 

submitted an application to proceed in forma paupers. The Court denied Plaintiff’s application to 

proceed in forma pauperis as incomplete and granted Plaintiff fifteen days, until August 26, 2016, 

to file a renewed application. Plaintiff did not file a renewed application within the time provided. 

On September 1, 2016, the Court – still having not received a renewed application to 

proceed in forma pauperis – issued an order setting a deadline of September 30, 2016 for payment 

of the filing fee. The order informed Plaintiff that failure to pay the filing fee by that date would 

result in dismissal of the case without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). See

Order Setting Deadline for Payment of Filing Fee at 1, ECF 15. Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee 

within the time provided and still has not paid it. 

Accordingly, this action is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 

41(b); Anthony v. United States Dep’t of the Interior, No. 11-35030, 2012 WL 907491, at **1 (9th 

Cir. March 19, 2012) (affirming dismissal without prejudice under Rule 41(b) where plaintiff 

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failed to submit application to proceed in forma paupers or pay the filing fee).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 4, 2016

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BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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