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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

TREVIYON DeSHAWN REW, 

CDCR #AT-3076,

Civil No. 14cv2987 BTM (JLB)

Plaintiff,

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)

 vs.

SAN DIEGO SHERIFF DEPUTY

GERMAN,

Defendant.

Treviyon DeShawn Rew (“Plaintiff”), a state inmate currently incarcerated at

California State Prison in Lancaster, California (“LAC”), and proceeding pro se, has

filed a civil rights complaint (“Compl.”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Doc. No. 1). 

Plaintiff claims that while he was detained at the San Diego Central Jail on April

12, 2014, a County Sheriff’s Department Deputy used excessive force against himduring

a weekend hygiene inspection. SeeCompl. at 3. He seeks both injunctive relief and $3.1

million in damages. Id. at 7. 

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I. 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, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of

$400. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). An action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to 1

prepay the entire fee only if he is granted leave to proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

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

v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). However, if the Plaintiff is a prisoner and

he is granted leave to proceed IFP, he remains obligated to pay the entire fee in

“increments,” see Williams v. Paramo, __ F.3d __, 2015 WL 74144 at *1 (9th Cir. 2015),

regardless of whether his action is ultimately dismissed. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) &

(2); Taylor v. Delatoore, 281 F.3d 844, 847 (9th Cir. 2002).

Plaintiff has not prepaid the $400 in filing and administrative fees required to

commence a civil action, nor has he submitted a Motion to Proceed IFP pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 1915(a). Therefore, the case cannot yet proceed. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a);

Andrews, 493 F.3d at 1051.

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

$400 civil filing and administrative fee or submit 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

filed to: (a) prepay the entire $400 civil filing and administrative 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. See 28

U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2); S.D. CAL. CIVLR 3.2(b).

In addition to the $350 statutory fee, all parties filing civil actions on or after 1

May 1, 2013, must pay an additional administrative fee of $50. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a)

(Judicial Conference Schedule of Fees, District Court Misc. Fee Schedule) (eff. May 1,

2013). However, the additional $50 administrative fee is waived if the plaintiff is

granted leave to proceed IFP. Id.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall provide Plaintiff

with this Court’s approved form “Motion and Declaration in Support of Motion to

Proceed In Forma Pauperis.” If Plaintiff fails to either prepay the $400 civil filing fee

or complete and submit the enclosed Motion to Proceed IFP within that time, this action

will remain dismissed without prejudice for failing to satisfy 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a)’s fee

requirements and without further Order of the Court.

DATED: February 5, 2015

BARRY TED MOSKOWITZ, Chief Judge

United States District Court

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