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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
WILLIAM XAVIER ARCHIBALD III, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
JOHN DOE, et al., 
Defendants. 

 
ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL 
ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE 
FOR FAILING TO PAY FILING FEE 
REQUIRED BY 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) 
OR FAILING TO MOVE TO 
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 
PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) 
 
 
 
On April 3, 2026, plaintiff William Xavier Archibald III, proceeding pro se, initiated 
this civil action. ECF No. 1. 
All parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in a district court of the 
United States, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of 
$405, consisting of a $350 statutory fee plus an additional administrative fee of $55. See 
28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); Judicial Conference Sche dule of Fees, District Court Misc. Fee 
Schedule, § 14 (eff. Dec. 1, 2023 )). An action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to 
prepay the entire fee only if she is grante d leave to proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 
1915(a). See Escobedo v. Applebees , 787 F.3d 1226, 123 2 (9th Cir. 2015) (“Section 
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1915(a)(1) allows federal courts to authorize commencement of a suit ‘without prepayment 
of fees or security therefor, by a person who submits an affidavit’ demonstrating ‘that the 
person is unable to pay such fees or give security therefor.’”) (quoting 28 U.S. Code § 
1915(a)(1)); see Hymas v. United States DOI , 73 F.4th 763, 766 n.3 (9th Cir. 2023) 
(“§ 1915(a)(1) applies to all persons notwithst anding its ‘prisoner possesses’ language.”) 
(internal quotation marks omitted). Here, Plai ntiff has neither prepaid the $405 in filing 
and administrative fees required to commence this civil action nor submitted a motion to 
proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). 
For these reasons, the Court: 
1. DISMISSES this action WITHOUT PREJUDICE for Plaintiff’s failure to 
pay the $405 civil filing and administ rative fee as requi red by 28 U.S.C. § 
1914(a) or failure to move to proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). 
2. GRANTS Plaintiff thirty (30) days leave from the date of this Order to 
re-open the case by: (a) paying the $405 civil filing and administrative fee 
required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) in full; or (b) completing and submitting a 
properly supported motion to proceed IFP. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED 
to send, along with this Order, a copy of AO 239 (Rev. 01/15) Application to 
Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs (Long Form). 
If Plaintiff has done neither by the deadline, this civil action will remain dismissed 
without prejudice pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) without further Order of the Court. 
IT IS SO ORDERED. 
Dated: June 12, 2026 
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 H o n . R o b e r t S . H u i e 
 United States District Judge 
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