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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
 

LEONARDO RUIZ MENDEZ, 

CDCR #T-48606, 

vs. 

L.E. SCRIBNER, et al. 

Civil No. 07-2299 DMS (BLM) 

Plaintiff, 

ORDER DISMISSING CASE 

WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR 

FAILING TO PAY FILING FEES 

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) 

ANDIOR MOVE TO PROCEED 

IN FORMA PAUPERIS 

PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) 

Defendants. 

Leonardo Ruiz Mendez ("Plaintiff"), a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Pleasant 

Valley State Prison located in Coalinga, California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights 

action 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 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 informa pauperis ("IFP") pursuant to 28 U.S.c. § 1915(a). 

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

IIII 

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Here, 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). 

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 Plaintiffforty 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 ofthe Court shall provide Plaintiffwith 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. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

HON. DANA M. SABRAW 

United States District Judge 

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