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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 LOWELL MORGAN II, Civil No. 13cv1825 WQH (NLS) 

Inmate Booking No. 1370477, 

Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL 

ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

FOR FAILING TO PAY 

vs. FILING FEE REQUIRED 

BY 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) AND/OR 

FAILING TO'MOVE TO PROCEED 

IN FORMA PAUPERIS 

UNKNOWN DEFENDANTS, PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) 

Defendants. 

James Lowell Morgan, II ("Plaintiff'), currently housed at the George Bailey Detention 

Facility 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 informa 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 Plaintiffforty 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 ofhis trust account statement for 

the6-month period preceding the filing ofhis Complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2); S.D. CAL. 

ClvLR 3 .2(b). IfPlaintiff chooses to file a Motion to Proceed IFP which the Court later grants, 

the $50 administrative fee will be waived. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk ofthe Court shall provide Plaintiffwith 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: 'i'dffJ ----~,--~----------

HON. WILLIAM Q. HAYES 

United States DistrIct Judge 

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