Bontemps v. Hicks

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ORDER DISMISSING Action Without Prejudice for Failure to Pay the Filing Fee, signed by District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 4/15/19. CASE CLOSED. (Marrujo, C)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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GREGORY C. BONTEMPS,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 1:16-cv-01854-DAD-EPG

v.

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION WITHOUT
PREJUDICE FOR FAILURE TO PAY THE
FILING FEE

D. HICKS,

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Defendant.

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Gregory C. Bontemps is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights action

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pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge

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pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302.
On April 25, 2018, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations,

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recommending that plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis be denied. (Doc. No. 20.) On

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October 23, 2018, the undersigned adopted those findings and recommendations in full. (Doc.

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No. 21.) Accordingly, plaintiff was ordered to pay the $400 filing fee in full within thirty days of

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the date of service of that order and was warned that his failure to do so would result in dismissal

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of this action. (Id. at 2.) Far more than thirty days have passed following the issuance of that

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order, and plaintiff has failed to pay the required $400 filing fee.

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Accordingly:

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This case is dismissed without prejudice due to plaintiff’s failure to pay the
required $400 filing fee; and

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The Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

April 15, 2019
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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