Christenson v. Nelson

5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON MARK C. CHRISTENSON, NO. 2:19-CV-0333-TOR 8 Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT 9 v. PREJUDICE DORIAN NELSON, Defendant.

12 BEFORE THE COURT is the Clerk’s Notice of Deficient Filing. ECF No. 2. The Court has reviewed the record and files herein, and is fully informed. For the reasons discussed below, this action is dismissed without prejudice.

15 On October 22, 2019, Plaintiff Mark C. Christenson, proceeding pro se, filed what is construed as an incomprehensible civil complaint. ECF No. 1. The same day, the Clerk of Court sent Plaintiff a Notice of Deficient Filing warning that: 18 FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN that failure to pay the prescribed Civil Complaint filing fee, OR in lieu of payment of the filing fee, to 19 file the appropriate Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (IFP) by November 5, 2019, may subject this case to dismissal by the Court 20 without further notice or opportunity for hearing.

ECF No. 2. No filing fee or in forma pauperis application has been filed.

2 Parties filing actions in the United States District Court are required to pay 3|| filing fees. 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). An action may proceed without the immediate 4|| payment of a filing fee only upon granting of in forma pauperis status. See 28 5|| U.S.C. § 1915. Failure to pay the statutory filing fee will result in dismissal of 6]|| these actions without prejudice. See Olivares v. Marshall, 59 F.3d 109, 112 (9th Cir. 1995) (district court has authority to dismiss without prejudice prisoner complaint for failure to pay partial filing fee); In re Perroton, 958 F.2d 889, 890 (9th Cir. 1992) (affirming dismissal of appeal of pro se litigant for failure to pay required filing fees).

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 12 This action is DISMISSED without prejudice for failing to pay the filing fee 13]| or filing a properly completed Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis pursuant 14]| to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a) and 1915(a).

15 The District Court Executive is directed to enter this Order, enter judgment accordingly, furnish a copy to Plaintiff, and CLOSE the file.

17 DATED November 7, 2019. ig a yy Ug PA. A) fiw. C.Kiee 19 on Xe THOMAS O. RICE <=> Chief United States District Judge