Bonilla
Bonilla v. Meza
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
8 STEVEN WAYNE BONILLA Case No.: 20-cv-00704-BAS-AGS J-48500,
ORDER DISMISSING ACTION
Plaintiff, WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR
FAILING TO PAY FILING FEE AND
v. FAILING TO MOVE TO PROCEED
IN FORMA PAUPERIS
JUDGE AMALIA L. MEZA, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 Steven Wayne Bonilla (“Plaintiff”), currently incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison located in San Quentin, California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action. (Compl., ECF No. 1.) I. FAILURE TO PAY FILING FEE OR REQUEST IFP STATUS All parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in a district court of the United States, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of $400. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). An action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to prepay the entire fee only if he is granted leave to proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1051 (9th Cir. 2007); Rodriguez…