I UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 || Hector S. MARISCAL, Case No.: 25-cv-2989-AGS-MMP > Plaintitt, | ORDER DISMISSING CASE 6 vs. WITHOUT PREJUDICE 7 EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES 8 LLC, et al., 9 Defendants. 10 Self-represented plaintiff Hector Mariscal has neither paid the required filing fees 12 || nor moved to proceed without prepaying them. His case must therefore be dismissed. 13 Parties instituting civil actions in United States district courts must pay $405 in filing 14 |l fees. See

(a); Judicial Conference Schedule of Fees, District Court Misc. ID || Fee Schedule, § 14 (eff. Dec. 1, 2023). But plaintiffs granted the right to proceed in forma 16 pauperis need not pay those fees. Rodriguez v. Cook,

(9th Cir. 1999). 17 Because Mariscal has not paid any filing fees, nor received Court approval not to 18 pay them, his case is DISMSSED without prejudice, and the Clerk must close this case. If 19 | Mariscal wishes to proceed, by December 19, 2025, he must either: (a) pay the entire $405 20 full; or (b) complete and file a motion to proceed IFP. The Clerk must send, along with 21 I this order, a copy of the approved form IFP motion. 22 If Mariscal pays the fees or files a motion to proceed IFP by the deadline, the Clerk 23 |) will reopen the case. If he has done neither by the deadline, the Clerk will issue a judgment. 24 |! Dated: November 12, 2025

26 Hon. rew G. Schopler 57 United States District Judge 28 | a