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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

ARDY CHADWICK, 

CDCR #T-13047, 

Civil No. 08-0966 BTM (POR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL

ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE

FOR FAILING TO PAY 

FILING FEE REQUIRED 

BY 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) 

 vs.

SAN DIEGO POLICE DEP’T;

JOHN DOE, San Diego Police Officer;

DAVID L. RACKIN, Lawyer;

HALL, Officer,

Defendants.

 

I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Ardy Chadwick (“Plaintiff”), a prisoner currently incarcerated at the California Men’s

Colony in San Luis Obispo, California, and proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on May 29, 2008. In his Complaint, Plaintiff alleges that San

Diego Police Officer Hall and another unidentified San Diego police officer unlawfully arrested

and beat him during a drug-related incident in June 2005. (See Compl. at 1-4.) Plaintiff further

alleges his attorney failed to permit him to proceed to trial, refused to let him review discovery

and failed to return his phone calls. (Id. at 5.) Plaintiff demands a jury trial and seeks $3.15

million in general and punitive damages. (Id. at 7.) 

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At the time of filing, Plaintiff did not prepay the $350 filing fee required by 28 U.S.C.

§ 1914(a) to commence a civil action; nor did he file a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis

(“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Therefore, on June 9, 2008, the Court ordered him to

show cause why his case should not be dismissed by either: (1) prepaying the $350 filing fee,

or (2) submitting a Motion to Proceed IFP by July 7, 2008. See June 9, 2008 Order to Show

Cause (“OSC”) [Doc. No. 2] at 2. 

On June 23, 2008, Plaintiff responded to the OSC by submitting a Motion to Proceed IFP

[Doc. No. 3]. However, on July 8, 2008, the Court denied Plaintiff’s IFP motion because he has

accumulated more than three “strikes” pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), and has not made a

“plausible allegation” that he is under imminent danger of serious physical injury. See July 8,

2008 Order [Doc. No. 4] at 5. However, the Court’s July 8, 2008 Order granted Plaintiff 45 days

in which to pay the full $350 filing fee, or face dismissal. That time has more than passed, but

Plaintiff has yet to comply with or in any way respond to the Court’s Order. 

II. CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Accordingly, this action is hereby DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to pay civil

filing fees required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a).

The Clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: November 3, 2008

Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz

United States District Judge

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