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Nature of Suit Code: 540
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Mandamus and Other
Cause of Action: 08:1329 Writ of Mandamus to Adjudicate Visa Petition

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LUIS MADRIGAL ALVAREZ,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 09cv2399 WQH (POR)

ORDER

vs.

JANET A. NAPOLITANO, Secretary of

Homeland Security, et al.,

Defendant.

HAYES, Judge:

Plaintiff, a non-prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus

and Stay of Removal (Doc. # 1).

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, 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 Rodriguez

v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999).

In this case, Plaintiff has neither prepaid the $350 filing fee required to commence this

action, nor has he submitted a Motion to Proceed IFP. Therefore, this action is subject to

immediate dismissal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). 

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Conclusion

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 of this Order to:

(a) prepay the entire $350 civil filing fee in full; or (b) complete and file a Motion to proceed

IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) and Southern District of California Civil Local Rule 3.2.

The Clerk of the Court shall 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 $350 civil filing fee or complete and submit the attached Motion to Proceed

IFP within that time, this action shall remain dismissed without prejudice and without further

Order of the Court.

DATED: October 29, 2009

WILLIAM Q. HAYES

United States District Judge

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