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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983bv Bivens Non-Prisoner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES LYNN HINES,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION, et al,

Defendant.

Case No.: 17cv1013-CAB-BLM

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 James Lynn Hines, proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Doc. No. 1. 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).1 An action may 

proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to 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,

 

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In addition to the $350 statutory fee, civil litigants 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, § 14 

(eff. Dec. 1, 2014). The additional $50 administrative fee does not apply to persons granted leave to 

proceed IFP. Id.

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1051 (9th Cir. 2007); Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999).

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

commence this civil action, nor has he submitted a properly supported Motion to Proceed

IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Therefore, his case cannot yet proceed. See 28 

U.S.C. § 1914(a); Andrews, 493 F.3d at 1051.

Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES this action sua sponte without prejudice for 

failure to pay the $400 civil filing and administrative fee or to submit a Motion to 

Proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a) and 1915(a). The Clerk of Court is 

instructed to close the case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 23, 2017

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