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Parties Involved:
Cesar A. Quinones Madera
Plaintiff
United States Department of State
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CESAR A. QUINONES MADERA,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 

STATE,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:19-cv-01798-AWI-SAB

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING 

COMPLAINT WITHOUT LEAVE TO 

AMEND AND DENYING PLAINTIFF’S 

APPLICATION TO PROCEED WITHOUT 

PREPAYMENT OF FEES

(ECF Nos. 1, 4, 5)

Cesar A. Quinones Madera (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se, filed this action against the 

United States Department of State due to the failure to return his birth certificate after he applied 

for a passport. The matter was referred to a United States magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 

On January 21, 2020, the magistrate judge filed a findings and recommendations

recommending that Plaintiff’s complaint be dismissed without leave to amend and the 

application to proceed in forma pauperis be denied. The findings and recommendations was 

served on Plaintiff and contained notice that any objections to the findings and recommendations 

were to be filed within fourteen (14) days from the date of service. Although Plaintiff paid the 

filing fee in this action on January 28, 2020, the period for filing objections has passed and no 

objections have been filed. 

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Since Plaintiff has now paid the filing fee in this action, the motion to proceed in forma 

pauperis shall be denied as moot.

In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), this 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 January 21, 2020, is ADOPTED IN 

FULL; 

2. The complaint in this action be DISMISSED without leave to amend;

3. Plaintiff’s application to proceed without prepayment of fees is DENIED as moot; 

and

4. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to close this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 4, 2020 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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