(PC) Roberts v. Kern Valley State Prison
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID NATHANIEL ROBERTS, Case No.: 1:24-cv-01201 JLT EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING THE
v. ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR
PLAINTIFF’S FAILURE TO PAY FILING
KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON, et al., FEE, AND DIRECTING THE CLERK OF
COURT TO CLOSE THIS CASE
Defendants. (Doc. 5) 16 David Nathaniel Roberts seeks to hold the defendants liable for violations of his civil rights while incarcerated at Kern Valley State Prison and Corcoran State Prison. (See generally Doc. 1.) Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee when he filed the complaint. Therefore, the Court ordered Plaintiff to either pay the filing fee or apply to proceed in forma pauperis. (Doc. 3 at 1.) Despite the Court’s warning that failure to comply with the order would result in dismissal (id.), Plaintiff failed to pay the fee or file an application to proceed in forma pauperis. Therefore, the magistrate judge found the matter cannot proceed…