Lake
Lake v. Jorrin
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DARIUS DEMON LAKE, Case No.: 23cv1293-DMS (KSC)
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
AND DISMISSING CIVIL ACTION
A. JORRIN,
15 Defendant. 16 Darius Demon Lake (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights Complaint accompanied by a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). (ECF Nos. 1-2.) I. Motion to Proceed IFP 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 failure to prepay the entire fee only if leave to proceed IFP is granted pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See
26 In addition to a $350 fee, civil litigants, other than those granted leave to proceed IFP, must pay an additional administrative fee of $52. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) (Judicial 28 Andrews…