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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

ROBERT HEIZELMAN,

BOP #20068-298,

Civil No. 10-1896 LAB (POR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL

ACTION FOR FAILING TO PAY

FILING FEES PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) AND FOR

FAILING TO MOVE 

IN FORMA PAUPERIS

PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)

 vs.

GARCIA, et al.,

Defendants.

 

Plaintiff, currently incarcerated at Metropolitan Correctional Center, and proceeding pro

se, has filed a civil rights complaint. 

I. FAILURE TO PAY FILING FEE OR REQUEST IFP STATUS

Any party instituting a civil action, suit or proceeding in a district court of the United

States, other than a 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 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). However, Plaintiff has not prepaid the $350 filing fee required to commence a civil

action; nor has he submitted a Motion to Proceed IFP. Therefore, the case must be dismissed

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a).

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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).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall provide Plaintiff with the

Court’s 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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 16, 2010

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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