McCarthy et al v. County of Sacramento et al

Filing 6

ORDER signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. on 6/21/2011 DENYING plaintiff's 2 Motion to Proceed IFP. (Marciel, M)

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1 2 3 4 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 9 Desiree McCarthy, Individually and As Guardian Ad Litem for minors T.G., D.G, and T.H., Plaintiffs, 10 v. 11 12 13 14 15 16 County fo Sacramento, Faye Rutherford, Jana Thoftne, Brandy Lomack, Christy Bomback, Marlene Albright, George Moschske, City of Rancho Cordova, and DOE Officers, Defendants. ________________________________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 2:11-cv-01273-GEB-KJN ORDER 17 Plaintiff Desiree McCarthy has applied to proceed in forma 18 pauperis (“IFP”) in this action under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Subsection 19 (a)(1) of § 1915 prescribes: 23 [A]ny court of the United States may authorize the commencement, prosecution or defense of any suit . . . without prepayment of fees or security therefor, by a person who submits an affidavit that includes a statement of all assets such [person] possesses and that the person is unable to pay such fees or give security therefore. 24 Plaintiff’s affidavit filed in support of her IFP application 25 is incomplete. Although she avers she is unemployed, she does not 26 provide the date of her last employment, amount of “take-home salary or 27 wages and pay period,” or contact information for her last employer, as 28 required 20 21 22 under question 2(b) of her 1 affidavit. Further, although 1 Plaintiff declares she has received “disability or workers compensation 2 payments” in the last twelve months, she does not provide the source of 3 money, amount received and what she expects to continue to receive, as 4 required under question 3. Therefore, the motion is denied without 5 prejudice. 6 Dated: June 21, 2011 7 8 9 GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. United States District Judge 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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