Verhines

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDREW VERHINES, Case No. 1:24-cv-01111-KES-EPG

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

v. LEAVE TO FILE FIRST AMENDED

COMPLAINT

SHIRLEY N. WEBER, (ECF No. 30) Defendant. 15 Plaintiff Andrew Verhines proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil action. (ECF Nos. 1, 3). He alleges that California’s filing fee structure for candidates seeking to run in the primary for the office of House of Representatives in the United States Congress violates the First and the Fourteenth Amendments. (ECF No. 1) Now before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file a first amended complaint, which Plaintiff states “refines the claims, strengthens key allegations, and ensures an accurate presentation of the issues.” (ECF No. 30, p. 1; see ECF No. 29). Most notably, Plaintiff’s proposed amended complaint adds allegations concerning the purported failure rate (99.8%) of candidates who attempt to access the ballot by obtaining signatures…