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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Rockney Willard Martineau, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Miles Nelson, et al., 

Defendants. 

 

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No. CV 07-0646-PHX-SMM (JRI)

ORDER

Plaintiff Rockney Willard Martineau, an inmate at the Maricopa County Towers Jail

in Phoenix, Arizona, filed this pro se Civil Rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983

on March 27, 2007. On May 22, 2007, the Court granted Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed

In Forma Pauperis, obligating him to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00, and dismissed

the Complaint, with leave to amend, because it did not state a claim (Doc. #9). On June 1,

2007, Plaintiff filed a Motion to Dismiss this action, which the Court will construe as a

Notice of Voluntary Dismissal (Doc. #12). Under Rule 41(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure, Plaintiff has the right to voluntarily dismiss this action without order of the

Court “by filing a notice of dismissal at any time before service by the adverse party of an

answer or of a motion for summary judgment, whichever first occurs. . . .” The Court will

direct the Clerk to dismiss the action without prejudice.

Plaintiff has also filed a Motion for Waiver of Fees (Doc. #11), in which he asks the

Court to waive or defer the fee in view of his Motion to Dismiss. The Court notes that 28

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U.S.C. § 1915, which governs proceedings in forma pauperis, does not provide any

authority or mechanism for the Court to excuse Plaintiff from having to pay his filing fee.

Unfortunately for Plaintiff, under the strictures of 28 U.S.C. § 1915, as amended by the

Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (Apr. 26, 1996)

(PLRA), he must now endure the financial consequences of his economic decision to file this

action. Accordingly, Plaintiff's Motion for Waiver of Fees will be denied. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

(1) Plaintiff’s Motion for Waiver of Fees (Doc. #11) is DENIED.

(2) Plaintiff’s Motion to Dismiss Case (Doc. #12), which the Court construes as

a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal, is GRANTED, and this action is dismissed without

prejudice. The Clerk of Court must enter judgment accordingly. 

DATED this 7th day of June, 2007.

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