Velasquez
Velasquez v. Seamon
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAUL VELASQUEZ JR., Case No. 20-cv-1969-BAS-MDD
Plaintiff,
ORDER DISMISSING ACTION
v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE AND
GRANTING LEAVE TO PREPAY
SEAMON, et al.
FILING FEE OR MOVE FOR IN
Defendants. FORMA PAUPERIS STATUS
18 Plaintiff Saul Velasquez, Jr., currently incarcerated at California State Prison, 19 Sacramento, and proceeding pro se, has filed this civil rights action alleging that he 20 received inadequate medical care while incarcerated at the R.J. Donovan Correctional 21 Facility, located in San Diego, California. (ECF No. 1.)
I. Failure to Pay Filing Fee or Request IFP Status
23 All parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in a district court of the 24 United States, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of 25 $400. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). An action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to 26 27 1 In addition to the $350 statutory fee, civil litigants must…