Jackson v. Guzman et al

Filing 7

ORDER DISMISSING CASE signed by Chief Judge Pamela Pepper on 4/23/2020. Case DISMISSED without prejudice for plaintiff's failure to pay initial partial filing fee. (cc: all counsel, via mail to Nugene Jackson at Racine Correctional Institution)(cb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
______________________________________________________________________________
NUGENE JACKSON,
Plaintiff,
v.

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CO GUZMAN, et al.,
Defendants.
______________________________________________________________________________
ORDER DISMISSING CASE WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR FAILURE TO PAY
INITIAL PARTIAL FILING FEE
______________________________________________________________________________
Plaintiff Nugene Jackson, who is representing himself, filed a civil rights
lawsuit along with a motion for leave to proceed without prepayment of the
filing fee. Dkt. Nos. 1, 2. The court advised the plaintiff that he had to pay an
initial partial filing fee of $3.75 before the court could rule on his motion, and it
gave the plaintiff a deadline of April 16, 2020 to pay the fee. Dkt. No. 5. The
court warned the plaintiff that if he did not either pay the fee or explain why he
could not pay it by the stated deadline, the court would deem this case
voluntarily dismissed and it would close the case without prejudice. Id. at 2.
The April 16, 2020 deadline has passed. The plaintiff has not paid the
initial partial filing fee or provided the court with a written explanation of why
he could not pay. Accordingly, the court will dismiss this case without
prejudice.
The court ORDERS that this case is DISMISSED without prejudice
based on the plaintiff’s failure to pay the initial partial filing fee. The court will

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enter judgment accordingly. The plaintiff may submit the initial partial filing
fee and move to have the case reopened within twenty-one days of the entry of
this order. Because the dismissal is without prejudice, the plaintiff may refile
his complaint later, subject to the relevant statute of limitations.
Dated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this 23rd day of April, 2020.
BY THE COURT:
________________________________________
HON. PAMELA PEPPER
United States District Court Judge

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