Marin
Marin v. The People's Republic of China
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Mel MARIN, Case No.: 25-cv-1408-AGS-DDL
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
v. IFP MOTION (ECF 2), DENYING AS
MOOT PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
LEAVE TO FILE (ECF 3), AND
as an alter ego of Shandong Potence DISMISSING THE COMPLAINT Sporting Goods, Co., et al.,
WITH LEAVE TO AMEND
8 Defendants.
Plaintiff Mel Marin, representing himself, moves to proceed without paying the court-filing fees in this products-defect case. A. Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis Typically, parties instituting a civil action in a United States district court must pay $405 in filing fees.1 See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). But if granted the right to proceed in forma pauperis, a plaintiff can proceed without prepaying those fees. Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). Plaintiff here has an average monthly income of “$1,350,” which does not cover his $1,540 in total monthly…