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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331cv Fed. Question: Other Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDWARD CALLENDER,

Plaintiff,

Case No. 17-cv-00248-BAS-JLB

ORDER DISMISSING 

COMPLAINT WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE

v.

RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF’S 

DEPARTMENT,

Defendants.

On February 7, 2017, Plaintiff Edward Callender brought this claim against 

Defendant Riverside County Sheriff Department alleging what appears to be a 

violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. (ECF No. 1.) In the ensuing two 

months, however, Plaintiff has neither paid the requisite filing fees, nor filed a request 

to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). 

With the exception of prisoners petitioning for writ of habeas corpus, any party 

instituting a civil action in federal district court must pay filing and administrative fees 

totaling $400. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) (“The clerk of each district court shall require 

the parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in such court . . . to pay a 

filing fee of $350[.]”); Judicial Conference Schedule of Fees, District Court Misc. Fee 

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Schedule ¶ 14 (eff. Dec. 1, 2016) (“Administrative fee for filing civil action, suit, or 

proceeding in a district court [is] $50.”) “Where a litigant fails to file such a fee, it is 

within the power of the court to dismiss the action.” Vafiadis v. Small Bus. Admin., 

No. C–94–1909 DLJ, 1994 WL 412435, at *1 (N.D. Cal. July 28, 1994) (citation 

omitted). Here, Plaintiff has not paid the requisite $400 in fees, nor has he submitted 

a properly supported motion to proceed IFP. Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES this 

action sua sponte without prejudice. Plaintiff is granted forty-five (45) days leave from 

the date this Order is filed to (a) pay the required filing fees; or (b) complete and 

submit a motion to proceed IFP.

The Clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April 14, 2017

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