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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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BY: ~/.1 DEPUTY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RAYSHON THOMAS, 

CDCR #0-36628, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

L.S. McEWEN, et aI., 

Defendants. 

Civil No. 12cv2510 BEN (KSC) 

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL 

ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

FOR FAILING TO PAY 

FILING FEE REQUIRED 

BY 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) AND/OR 

FAILING TO MOVE TO PROCEED 

IN FORMA PAUPERIS 

PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) 

Plaintiff, a state inmate currently incarcerated at Calipatria State Prison, and proceeding 

pro se, has filed a complaint entitled, in part, "Alternate Writ of MandamuslProhibition of 

Statewide/International C.C.A. Complaint." (ECF No.1). 

Plaintiff has not prepaid the $350 filing fee mandated by 28 U.S.c. § 1914(a) to 

commence a civil action; nor has he 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 any district court of the 

United States, except an application for writ ofhabeas 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 this filing fee only 

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1 if the party is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis ("IFP") pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

2 § 1915(a). See Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047,1051 (9th Cir. 2007); Rodriguezv. Cook, 

3 169F.3d 1176,1177 (9thCir.1999). 

4 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 

6 U.S.c. § 1914(a). Id. 

7 II. Conclusion and Order 

8 For the reasons set forth above, the Court hereby: 

9 (I) 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 

11 (2) GRANTS Plaintiffforty-five (45) days leave from the date this Order is filed to: 

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

13 IFP which includes a certified copy of his trust account statement for the 6-month period 

14 preceding the filing ofhis Complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2); S.D. CAL. Clv.L.R. 3.2(b).' 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk ofthe Court shall provide Plaintiffwith this 

16 Court's approved form "Motion and Declaration in Support of Motion to Proceed In Forma 

17 Pauperis." IfPlaintiff fails to either prepay the $350 civil filing fee or complete and submit the 

18 enclosed Motion to Proceed IFP within that time, this action shall remain dismissed without 

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I Plaintiff is cautioned that ifhe chooses to proceed further with this action either by paying the 

full civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a), or moving to proceed IFP, his Complaint, which is 

26 comprised ofa single paragraph ofvirtually incomprehensible legal jargon and seeks unspecified relief 

from the President ofthe United States, will be screened and no doubt dismissed as frivolous pursuant 

to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) and 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(b). See Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1126-27 

27 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc) (noting that 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e) "not only permits but requires" the court to 

28 	 sua sponte dismiss an in forma pauperis complaint that fails to state a claim); see also Rhodes v. 

Robinson, 621 F.3d 1002, 1004 (9th Cir. 2010) (discussing sua sponte screening required by 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915A(b) of all prisoner complaints). 

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19 Order ofthe Court. 

21 DATED:~~~~_________ 

. OGER T. BENITEZ 

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