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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 

ERICA D. HAYWOOD, 

Booking No. 19750859. 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

SAN DIEGO SHERIFF; DEPUTY 

PONCE; DEPUTY STORRS; DEPUTY 

ABAS; MENTAL HEALTH DOCTORS; 

SAN DIEGO COUNTY PUBLIC 

DEFENDERS, 

Defendants. 

 Case No.: 3:19-cv-2022-MMA-KSC 

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL 

ACTION FOR FAILING TO 

PREPAY FILING FEES REQUIRED 

BY 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) OR FILE A 

MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS 

Plaintiff Erica D. Haywood, currently housed at the Los Colinas Detention Facility 

(“LCDF”) located in Santee, California and proceeding pro se, has filed this civil rights 

action (“Compl.”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Doc. No. 1. Plaintiff did not prepay 

the civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) at the time she submitted her 

Complaint, nor has she filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). 

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 

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$400. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a).1

 An action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to 

prepay the entire fee only if she is granted leave to proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915(a). See Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). Section 

1915(a)(2) requires all persons seeking to proceed without full prepayment of fees to file 

an affidavit that includes a statement of all assets possessed and demonstrates an inability 

to pay. See Escobedo v. Applebees, 787 F.3d 1226, 1234 (9th Cir. 2015). 

Plaintiff is further cautioned that she even if she files an IFP Motion and affidavit 

in compliance with § 1915(a)(2), she will nevertheless remain obligated to pay the entire 

fee in “increments,” see Williams v. Paramo, 775 F.3d 1182, 1185 (9th Cir. 2015), 

regardless of whether her case is ultimately dismissed. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) & (2); 

Taylor v. Delatoore, 281 F.3d 844, 847 (9th Cir. 2002). A “prisoner” is defined as “any 

person” who at the time of filing is “incarcerated or detained in any facility who is 

accused of, convicted of, sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for, violations of 

criminal law or the terms or conditions of parole, probation, pretrial release, or 

diversionary program.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(h); Taylor, 281 F.3d at 847. 

 Plaintiff must also submit a “certified copy of [her] trust fund account statement 

(or institutional equivalent) . . . for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing 

of the complaint.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). From the certified trust account statement, 

the Court will assess an initial payment of 20% of (a) the average monthly deposits in 

Plaintiff’s account for the past six months, or (b) the average monthly balance in the 

account for the past six months, whichever is greater, unless she has no assets. See 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1), (4); Taylor, 281 F.3d at 850. After, the Court will direct the 

institution having custody to collect subsequent payments, assessed at 20% of the 

                                               

1 In addition to the $350 statutory fee, civil litigants must pay an additional administrative 

fee of $50. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) (Judicial Conference Schedule of Fees, District Court 

Misc. Fee Schedule, § 14 (eff. June. 1, 2016). The additional $50 administrative fee does 

not apply to persons granted leave to proceed IFP. Id.

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preceding month’s income, in any month in which her account exceeds $10, and forward 

them to the Court until the entire filing fee is paid. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). 

 Because Plaintiff has neither paid the filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) to 

commence a civil action, nor filed a properly supported Motion to Proceed IFP pursuant 

to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a), her case cannot yet proceed. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); Andrews, 

493 F.3d at 1051. 

II. Conclusion and Order

 Accordingly, the Court: 

 (1) DISMISSES this civil action without prejudice based on Plaintiff’s failure 

to pay the $400 civil filing and administrative fee or to submit a Motion to Proceed IFP

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a) and 1915(a). 

(2) GRANTS Plaintiff forty-five (45) days leave from the date this Order is 

filed to: (a) prepay the entire $400 civil filing and administrative fee in full; or (b) 

complete and file a Motion to Proceed IFP which complies with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2) 

and S.D. Cal. CivLR 3.2(b). 

 (3) DIRECTS the Clerk of the Court to 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 $400 civil filing fee or fully complete and 

submit the enclosed Motion to Proceed IFP within 45 days, this action will remain 

dismissed without prejudice based on her failure to satisfy 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a)’s fee 

requirement and without further Order of the Court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: October 23, 2019 _______________________________________ 

 HON. MICHAEL M. ANELLO 

 United States District Judge 

 

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