Crist v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Full title: WILLIAM CRIST and MARY CRIST, Plaintiffs v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA…

Court: United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Nov 3, 2005

Civil Action No. 1:05-CV-1119 (M.D. Pa. Nov. 3, 2005)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 1:05-CV-1119.

November 3, 2005

ORDER

CHRISTOPHER CONNER, District Judge

AND NOW, this 3rd day of November, 2005, upon consideration of the order of court dated October 3, 2005 (Doc. 3), directing plaintiffs to pay, on or before October 31, 2005, the statutory filing fee, see 28 U.S.C. § 1914 ("The clerk of each district court shall require the parties instituting any civil action . . . to pay a filing fee of $250. . . .), or to file with the court an application to proceed in forma pauperis, see; id. § 1915 ("[A]ny court of the United States may authorize the commencement [of an action] . . . without prepayment of fees or security thereof. . . ."), and it appearing that as of the date of this order plaintiffs have neither paid the filing fee nor filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis, it is hereby ORDERED that:

1. The above-captioned action is DISMISSED without prejudice. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914.

2. The Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE this case.