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Parties Involved:
Rios
Defendant
Willie Weaver
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIE WEAVER,

Plaintiff,

v.

RIOS, 

Defendant.

Case No. 1:16-cv-00596-AWI-MJS (PC)

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS TO: 

1. DENY PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

2. REQUIRE PLAINTIFF TO PAY 

FILING FEE IN FULL WITHIN 

TWENTY-ONE DAYS

(ECF Nos. 13, 14)

TWENTY-ONE DAY DEADLINE TO PAY 

FEE

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant 

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff initiated this action on April 28, 2016. (ECF No. 1.) 

On May 3, 2016, the Magistrate Judge assigned to this case issued an order 

directing Plaintiff to submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) or pay the 

filing fee within forty-five days. (ECF No. 4.) After the forty-five days passed and Plaintiff 

had neither paid the fee nor filed an application to proceed IFP, the Magistrate Judge 

issued an order for Plaintiff to show cause why his action should not be dismissed for 

failure to pay the filing fee or an application to proceed IFP. (ECF No. 8.) 

Plaintiff’s response to the order to show cause set forth the reasons why Plaintiff 

believed he was entitled to IFP status. (ECF No. 11.) The Magistrate Judge, noting that 

these arguments were premature since Plaintiff had still not filed an application to proceed 

IFP, issued a second order directing Plaintiff to pay the fee or file an application to proceed 

IFP. (ECF No. 12.)

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On September 26, 2016, Plaintiff filed a motion to proceed IFP. (ECF No. 13.) On 

September 27, 2016, the Magistrate Judge issued findings and recommendations (“F&R”)

to deny Plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed IFP pursuant to the “three strike rule” and to 

require Plaintiff to pay the filing fee in full within twenty-one days. (ECF No. 14.) Plaintiff 

was granted fourteen days to file objections to the F&R. Id.

More than fourteen days have passed and Plaintiff has filed no objections, nor has 

he sought an extension of time to do so. 

In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C) and Local Rule 304, 

the Court has conducted a de novo review of this case. Having carefully reviewed the entire 

file, the Court finds the findings and recommendations to be supported by the record and 

by proper analysis.

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The findings and recommendations filed on September 27, 2016 (ECF No. 14) are 

ADOPTED in full; 

2. Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 13) is DENIED; 

3. Plaintiff shall pay the $400 filing fee in full within twenty-one days of entry of this 

order; and 

4. If Plaintiff fails to pay the $400 filing fee in full by the above deadline, all pending 

motions will be terminated and the action dismissed without further notice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 14, 2016 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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