Opinion
Civil No. 3:20cv578 (DJN)
09-22-2020
AARON JOSEPH CULLISON, Plaintiff, v. MR. JOHNSON, et al., Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On August 10, 2020, the Court conditionally docketed Plaintiff Aaron Joseph Cullison's ("Plaintiff") action. (ECF No. 2.) Plaintiff requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 3.) By Memorandum Order entered on September 2, 2020, the Court directed Plaintiff to pay an initial partial filing fee of $69.28 or state under penalty of perjury that he did not have sufficient assets to pay such a fee within eleven (11) days of the date of entry thereof. (ECF No. 7 (citing 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1).) More than eleven days have elapsed and Plaintiff has neither paid the initial partial filing fee nor averred that he cannot pay such a fee. Therefore, Plaintiff is not entitled to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff's disregard of the Court's directives warrants dismissal of the action. Accordingly, the action will be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
An appropriate Order shall issue.
Let the Clerk file a copy of this Memorandum Opinion electronically and send a copy to Plaintiff.
/s/_________
David J. Novak
United States District Judge Richmond, Virginia
Dated: September 22, 2020