Hines v. State of Calif. ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JAMES LYNN HINES, Case No.: 20-CV-2107 TWR (DEB) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL 13 v. ACTION FOR FAILURE TO PAY FILING FEES REQUIRED BY 14 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al. 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) 15 Defendants. (ECF No. 1) 16 17 Plaintiff James Lynn Hines, proceeding pro se, filed a Complaint under 28 U.S.C. 18 § 1983 for violation of his constitutional and civil rights. (See generally ECF No. 1.) 19 All parties instituting any civil action, suit, or proceeding in a district court of the 20 United States, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of 21 $400.1 See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). An action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to 22 prepay the entire fee only if he is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 23 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1051 (9th Cir. 2007); 24 Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). 25 / / / 26 27 1 In addition to the $350 statutory fee, civil litigants must pay an additional administrative fee of $50. See 28 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) (Judicial Conference Schedule of Fees, District Court Misc. Fee Schedule, § 14 (eff. Dec. 1, 1 Mr. Hines has not paid the required $400 filing fee or filed a motion to proceed in 2 ||forma pauperis. Consequently, the Court DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE 3 ||Mr. Hines’ Complaint (ECF No. 1) for failure to pay the requisite filing fee. No later than 4 || twenty-one (21) calendar days from the date on which this Order is electronically docketed, 5 ||Mr. Hines must either (1) pay the full $400 filing fee, or (2) move to proceed in forma 6 || pauperis. Should Mr. Hines fail timely to pay the filing fee or move to proceed in 7 |\|forma pauperis, this action will remain dismissed without prejudice without further 8 || Order of the Court. 9 IT IS SO ORDERED. 10 Dated: October 28, 2020 Ton (ob Honorable Todd W. Robinson 13 United States District Court 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28