1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ROBEY KURT HAIRSTON, Case No.: 3:23-cv-1501-JAH-BGS

12 Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL 13 v. ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR FAILING TO PAY FILING FEE 14 JEFF BEZO, AMAZON, AND/OR FAILING TO MOVE TO 15 Defendant. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 16 17 All parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in a district court of the 18 United States, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of 19 $402. See

(a).1 An action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to 20 prepay the entire fee, however, if he is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) 21 pursuant to

(a). See Andrews v. Cervantes,

, 1051 22 (9th Cir. 2007); Rodriguez v. Cook,

(9th Cir. 1999). 23 /// 24 25 26 1 In addition to the $350 statutory fee, civil litigants must pay an additional administrative 27 fee of $52. See

(a) (Judicial Conference Schedule of Fees, District Court Misc. Fee Schedule, § 14 (eff. Dec. 1, 2020)). The additional $52 administrative fee does 28 1 Here, Plaintiff filed a complaint on August 14, 2023. (ECF No. 1). Thirty days have 2 || elapsed since the filing of the complaint, and Plaintiff has yet to pay the $402 civil filing 3 |}and administrative fee, or to submit a Motion to Proceed IFP. Accordingly, the Court 4 ||dismisses this civil action without prejudice based on Plaintiff's failure to take the 5 ||necessary action for this matter to proceed. See

(a); Andrews,

. 7 IT IS SO ORDERED. 8 || DATED: September 15, 2023 ! | UM | } = : 10 JOFIN A. HOUSTON UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28