Toussaint

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FRITZ GERALD TOUSSAINT, Case No.: 23-CV-506 JLS (KSC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER ORDERING PLAINTIFF TO

v. PAY FILING FEE OR MOVE TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

JIMENEZ, et al.,

Defendants. (ECF No. 1) 16 Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Fritz Gerald Toussaint’s Complaint (“Compl.,” ECF No. 1). 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). An action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to prepay the entire fee only if she is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1051 (9th Cir. 2007); Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). Although the statute does

26 In addition to the $350 statutory fee, civil litigants must pay an…