Opinion
24-cv-507-wmc
07-26-2024
JEVON JACKSON, Plaintiff, v. LANAE RICK, et al. Defendants.
ORDER
ANDREW R. WISEMAN, United States Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiff Jevon Jackson has filed a proposed civil complaint, but has neither paid the filing fee, nor requested leave to proceed without prepayment. For this case to proceed, plaintiff must pay the $405 filing feeor submit a properly supported motion for leave to proceed without prepayment by August 19, 2024.
Effective December 1, 2023, the cost to file a civil action in federal court is $405 - a $350 statutory fee plus a $55 administrative fee that does not apply to persons granted in forma pauperis status under 28 U.S.C. § 1915.
A motion for leave to proceed without prepayment must be accompanied by a certified copy of plaintiff's inmate trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for the sixmonth period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). If I find that plaintiff is indigent, I will calculate an initial partial payment of the filing fee that plaintiff must pay before the court can screen the complaint on the merits under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). Thereafter, plaintiff must pay the balance of the filing fee in installments.
ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff Jevon Jackson may have until August 19, 2024 to submit the $405 filing fee or a motion for leave to proceed without prepayment and a trust fund account statement for the period beginning approximately January 26, 2024 and ending approximately July 26, 2024. If plaintiff fails to respond to this order by August 19, 2024, then I will assume that plaintiff wishes to withdraw this action voluntarily. In that event, the case will be dismissed without prejudice to plaintiff refiling at a later date.
(Exhibit Omitted)