(PS) Bourn v. River City Bank et al, No. 2:2014cv01573 - Document 3 (E.D. Cal. 2014)

Court Description: ORDER and FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS signed by Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney on 7/7/14 ordering that within fourteen days plaintiff shall pay the filing and general administrative fees in the amount of $400. Recommending that this action be remanded to the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento. F&R referred to Judge Kimberly J. Mueller. Objections to F&R due within fourteen days. (Kaminski, H)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ALVIN BOURN, 12 13 14 15 No. 2:14-cv-1573 KJM CKD PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND RIVER CITY BANK, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. 16 17 18 19 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se. Plaintiff has filed an in forma pauperis affidavit in which he states that his monthly take home pay is $2151.28 Pursuant to federal statute, a filing fee of $350.00 is required to commence a civil action 20 in federal district court. 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). In addition, a $50.00 general administrative fee for 21 civil cases must be paid. 28 U.S.C. § 1914(b). The court may authorize the commencement of an 22 action “without prepayment of fees and costs or security therefor, by a person who makes 23 affidavit that he is unable to pay such costs or give security therefor.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). The 24 amount of plaintiff’s income shows that plaintiff is able to pay the filing fee and costs. Thus, 25 plaintiff has made an inadequate showing of indigency. See Alexander v. Carson Adult High 26 Sch., 9 F.3d 1448 (9th Cir. 1993); California Men’s Colony v. Rowland, 939 F.2d 854, 858 (9th 27 Cir. 1991); Stehouwer v. Hennessey, 841 F. Supp. 316, (N.D. Cal. 1994). Plaintiff will therefore 28 be granted fourteen days in which to submit the appropriate fees to the Clerk of the Court. 1 1 Plaintiff is cautioned that failure to pay the filing and general administrative fees in the amount of 2 $400 will result in a recommendation that the application to proceed in forma pauperis be denied 3 and the instant action be dismissed without prejudice. 4 Although plaintiff has filed a document titled a “Verified Complaint,” the body of the text 5 and the exhibits attached thereto make readily apparent that plaintiff is in fact attempting to 6 remove three state court actions from the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento in 7 which Alvin Bourn is the named plaintiff. Under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1441 and 1446, only a defendant 8 may remove an action to federal court. Because the actions were improvidently removed, the 9 matter should be remanded to state court. See 28 U.S.C. § 1447. 10 11 12 13 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within fourteen days plaintiff shall pay the filing and general administrative fees in the amount of $400; and IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that this action be remanded to the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento. 14 These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge 15 assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within fourteen days 16 after being served with these findings and recommendations, any party may file written 17 objections with the court and serve a copy on all parties. Such a document should be captioned 18 “Objections to Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendations.” Failure to file objections 19 within the specified time may waive the right to appeal the District Court’s order. Martinez v. 20 Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991). 21 Dated: July 7, 2014 _____________________________________ CAROLYN K. DELANEY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 22 23 24 25 4 bourn.den.rem 26 27 28 2

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