Tyler v. Hernandez
Tyler v. Hernandez
Trial Court Opinion
1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 CLAUDIE TYLER, Case No.: 24-cv-2343-BEN (SBC) 6 CDCR #K19763
7 Plaintiff,
8 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 9 AND DISMISSING COMPLAINT 10 L.T. HERNANDEZ, et al., 11 Defendants. 12 13 14 Claudie Tyler (“Plaintiff” or “Tyler”), currently incarcerated at the Richard J. 15 Donovan State Prison (“RJD”) located in San Diego, California, and proceeding pro se, 16 filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to
42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has not prepaid the 17 civil filing fee required by
28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); instead, he has filed a Motion to Proceed 18 In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). 19 All parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in a district court of the 20 United States, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of 21 $402. See
28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). The action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to 22 prepay the entire fee only if he is granted leave to proceed IFP pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 231915(a). See Andrews v. Cervantes,
493 F.3d 1047, 1051(9th Cir. 2007). However, a 24 prisoner granted leave to proceed IFP remains obligated to pay the entire fee in 25 “increments” or “installments,” Bruce v. Samuels,
577 U.S. 82, 84 (2016); Williams v. 26 Paramo,
775 F.3d 1182, 1185(9th Cir. 2015), and regardless of whether her action is 27 28 1 ultimately dismissed. See
28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) & (2); Taylor v. Delatoore,
281 F.3d 2847 (9th Cir. 2002).! 3 A review of his IFP request does not indicate any current expenses, and the prison 4 certificate from his correctional facility indicates that he can pay the filing fee. A review 5 || of the proposed Complaint indicates that it is fanciful and incomprehensible suggesting 6 || that prison personnel failed to credit $5,800,000 to his prison account. The Complaint 7 || will likely be dismissed upon review under
28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1)(B) if the motion to 8 || proceed IFP is granted. Therefore, the IFP motion is denied and the case is dismissed 9 || without prejudice. 10 Therefore, the Court: 11 1) DENIES Plaintiff's Motion to Proceed IFP; and 12 . . . 2) DISMISSES this action without prejudice for failure to pay the full $402 civil 13 filing fee required by
28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) 14 IT ISSO ORDERED. 15 || DATED: April 4, 2025 16 Hon. Roger T. Benitez United States District Judge 17 18 19 20 21 22 ' Section 1915(a)(2) requires prisoners seeking leave to proceed IFP to submit a “certified copy of the 23 || trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for ... the 6-month period immediately 24 preceding the filing of the complaint.”
28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2); Andrews v. King,
398 F.3d 1113, 1119(9th Cir. 2005). From the certified trust account statement, the Court assesses an initial payment of 20% 25 || of (a) the average monthly deposits in the account for the past six months, or (b) the average monthly balance in the account for the past six months, whichever is greater, unless the prisoner has no assets. 26 || See
28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1);
28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(4). The institution having custody of the prisoner then collects subsequent payments, assessed at 20% of the preceding month’s income, in any month in which 27 account exceeds $10, and forwards those payments to the Court until the entire filing fee is paid. See 28
28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2); Bruce, 577 USS. at 84.
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