Marnes
Marnes v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Zachary MARNER, Case No.: 24-cv-1486-AGS-BJC Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF v.
LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA
PAUPERIS (ECF 2) AND
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SCREENING AND DISMISSING SECURITY, et al.,
COMPLAINT (ECF 1)
Defendants. 8 Plaintiff Zachary Marner’s motion to proceed without paying the initial filing fee is granted. But his complaint does not state a claim for relief, so this case is dismissed with leave to amend. IFP MOTION Typically, parties instituting a civil action in a United States district court must pay filing fees of $405.1 See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). But if granted the right to proceed in forma pauperis, a plaintiff need not pay those fees. Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). Marner has checking accounts containing just over $2,100.00 total, $3,300 in cash, and assets worth $83,900. (ECF 2, at 2, 4.) But Marner claims…