Does a plaintiff have to pay a filing fee or portion of the filing fee?

Notwithstanding payment of any filing fee or portion thereof, a complaint filed by any person proceeding in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1915(a) is subject to a mandatory and sua sponte review and dismissal by the court to the extent it is "frivolous, malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or . . . seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief[.]" Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1141 n.6 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc); see also 28 U.S.C.

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