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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

BYRON JACKSON,

CDCR #K-61614,

Civil

No. 07-1755 JM (NLS)

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DISMISSING CASE

WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR

FAILING TO PAY FILING FEES

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. §

1914(a) AND/OR MOVE TO

PROCEED 

IN FORMA PAUPERIS 

PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) 

vs.

O. GUITIERREZ, et al.,

Defendants.

Plaintiff, an inmate currently incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison located in

Corcoran, California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

I. Failure to Pay Filing Fee or Request IFP Status

Effective April 9, 2006, 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

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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 (9th Cir.

2007); 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 civil action, nor has he submitted a Motion to Proceed IFP. Therefore, the case is

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

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

stamped “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 pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that 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 forty-five days, this

civil action shall remain dismissed without prejudice and without further Order of the

Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 13, 2007

 Hon. Jeffrey T. Miller

 United States District Judge

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