Tofollaochoa

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANGEL TOFOLLAOCHOA, Case No.: 3:22-cv-1929-CAB-AHG

CDCR# BF1929,

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL

Plaintiff, ACTION FOR FAILURE TO PAY vs. FILING FEES REQUIRED BY 14 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a)

A. CASTRO, Correctional Officer,

15 Defendant. 16 17 Angel Tofolloaochoa (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See ECF No. 1. He alleges Defendant violated his Eighth Amendment rights when he failed to protect Plaintiff from being assaulted by fellow inmates. Id. at 3–12. Plaintiff seeks compensatory and punitive damages, and injunctive relief. Id. at 16. 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 $402. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). The action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to 27 …