Dudash
Dudash v. State of CA Parole/Agent(s)/Agency
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ROBERT DUDASH, Case No.: 3:25-cv-01479-JES-VET
12 Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
13 v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
WITHOUT PREJUDICE
14 STATE OF CALIFORNIA PAROLE, et
al., 15 [ECF No. 2] Defendants. 16 17 Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Robert Dudash’s (“Plaintiff”) Application to 18 Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs (“Motion”). ECF No. 2. 19 Plaintiff filed a complaint on June 9, 2025. ECF No. 1. 20 Parties instituting a civil action must pay a filing fee of $4051 unless they are granted 21 leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). A party need 22 not “be absolutely destitute” to proceed IFP. Adkins v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 335 23 U.S. 331, 339 (1948). “Nonetheless, a plaintiff seeking IFP status must allege poverty ‘with 24 25
26 1 In addition to the $350 statutory fee, civil litigants must pay an additional administrative fee of $55. See 27 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) (Judicial…