Bonilla

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Steven Wayne BONILLA, Case No.: 24-cv-2501-AGS-MMP

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT

vs. AND CLOSING CASE

Judge Judith McCONNELL, et al., Defendants. 8 Inmate Steven Wayne Bonilla is suing defendants for civil-rights violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Because he failed to pay the filing fee and is not entitled to proceed in forma pauperis, the case is dismissed without prejudice. DISCUSSION Typically, parties instituting a civil action in a United States district court must pay filing fees of $405.1 See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). Absent payment, the action may proceed only if the plaintiff seeks and the court grants permission to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a); Hymas v. U.S. Dep’t of the Interior, 73 F.4th 763, 765 (9th Cir. 2023) (noting that, absent leave to proceed in forma pauperis, a plaintiff’s case cannot go on “unless and until the fee[s] [a]re paid”). …