McCourt

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ISSAC L. SMITH ARIZMENDEZ, Case No.: 3:23-cv-01625-CAB-DDL

CDCR #J-03517,

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL

Plaintiff, ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE vs. FOR FAILURE TO PAY FILING

FEE REQUIRED BY 28 U.S.C. §

1914(a)

DANIEL MCCOURT,

16 Defendant. 17 18 Plaintiff Issac L. Smith Arizmendez or “Plaintiff”), currently incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) in San Diego, California, is proceeding pro se in this case pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See ECF No. 1. Plaintiff alleges his Eighth Amendment rights were violated when he housed in a cell without a functioning toilet “for weeks.” Id. at 10. 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). The action may proceed despite a…