Marner
Marner v. Farmers Insurance
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ZACHARY MARNER, Case No.: 24-cv-1469-RSH-BLM
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v.
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
FARMERS INSURANCE, et al., AND DISMISSING CASE WITHOUT
PREJUDICE
Defendants.
[ECF No. 2]
18 On August 16, 2024, Plaintiff Zachary Marner, proceeding pro se, filed this civil 19 action against Farmers Insurance d/b/a Bristol West Insurance, Luis Alvarez, and David 20 Coddie. ECF No. 1. At the time of filing, Plaintiff did not prepay the civil filing fees 21 required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); instead, he filed a Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis 22 (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1915(a). ECF No. 2.
I. MOTION TO PROCEED IFP
24 Generally, all parties instituting a civil action in this court must pay a filing fee. See 25 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); CivLR 4.5(a). However, under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a), the court may 26 authorize the commencement, prosecution or defense of any suit without payment of fees 27 if…