Cowan
Cowan v. San Diego County
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Latawnya COWAN, Case No.: 25-cv-0342-AGS-JLB
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
v. MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA
PAUPERIS (ECF 2), ORDERING A
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO,
CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT,
Defendant. AND DEFERRING SCREENING
9 Plaintiff Latawnya Cowan moves to proceed without paying the filing fee, as she 10 has done in three related cases. (See ECF 2; 25-cv-0697-RSH-DEB; 25-cv-0967-JO-DDL.) 11 Cowan qualifies to proceed without paying the fee, but the Court defers its mandatory 12 screening until she files a consolidated complaint. 13 Typically, parties instituting a civil action in a United States district court must pay 14 filing fees of $402.1 See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). But if granted the right to proceed in forma 15 pauperis, a plaintiff can proceed without paying the fee. Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 16 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). Cowan’s only income is a monthly $1,041.00 disability payment, she 17 has $400 in her bank account, and her monthly…