Stevens
Stevens v. CDCR Director
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Dean M. STEVENS, Case No.: 25-cv-0191-AGS-AHG
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING APPLICATION
v. TO PROCEED IN FORMA
PAUPERIS (ECF 2), DISMISSING
CDCR DIRECTOR, et al.,
COMPLAINT, AND CLOSING CASE
Defendants. 8 After unrepresented state prisoner Dean M. Stevens sued defendants in the wrong district, the case was transferred here. For the reasons below, Stevens’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and his case is dismissed. DISCUSSION Typically, parties instituting a civil action in a United States district court must pay filing fees of $405. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). “An action may proceed despite failure to pay the filing fees only if the party is granted IFP status.” Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). Prisoners like Stevens, however, “face an additional hurdle.” Moore v. Maricopa Cnty. Sheriff’s Office, 657 F.3d 890, 892 (9th Cir. 2011). Inmates may 18…