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EASTERUN. SD.I SDTIRSITCRTI COTF CWOAUSRHTI NGTON
Aug 28, 2025
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SEAN F. MCAVOY, CLERK
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5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
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SHIREE WELCH,
No. 2:25-CV-00293-ACE
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9 Plaintiff, ORDER CLOSING FILE, DISMISSAL
10 WITHOUT PREJUDICE
v.
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FNU LNU,
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13 Defendant.
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15 BEFORE THE COURT is Plaintiff’s complaint, ECF No. 3, and the
16 Clerk’s Notice of Deficient Filing, ECF No. 6. Having reviewed the file, the Court
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18 Plaintiff filed a complaint on July 9, 2025, and the complaint was
19 subsequently transferred from the District of Texas Northern to the Eastern District
20 of Washington. The complaint, however, was not accompanied by the required
21 filing fee or an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”).1 On August 7,
22 2025, the Clerk of the Court provided notice of this deficiency and warned that the
23 case was subject to dismissal unless the fee or application was filed by August 18,
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1Payment of a filing fee is required to institute a suit in the United States
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District Court, 28 U.S.C. § 1914, while the IFP statute allows the courts to waive
26 the filing fee for indigent persons, 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Failure to comply with either
27 provision for instituting a suit warrants dismissal of the action. See Rodriguez v.
Cook, 169 F.3d 1176 (9th Cir. 1999) (appeal dismissed for failure to pay the filing
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fee or be eligible for IFP status).
2025. ECF No. 6. To date, the filing fee has not been paid and the appropriate IFP
has not been filed.
3 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED this action is DISMISSED
4|| without prejudice.
5 IT IS SO ORDERED. The District Court Executive is directed to file this
6|| Order, provide a copy to Plaintiff at the last known address, and CLOSE THE
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8 DATED August 28, 2025.
10 _ Clagwler C Sledem C,
Oy ond ALEXANDER C. EKSTROM
_ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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