Thieriot
Thieriot v. Sweet
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ELISABETH THIERIOT, Case No. 25-cv-07816-JD
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER RE IFP APPLICATION,
9 v. TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDERS, PRELIMINARY
10 ANDREW SWEET, et al., INJUNCTIONS, AND DISMISSAL 11 Defendants.
12 13 Pro se plaintiff Elisabeth Thieriot has applied to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP). 14 Dkt. No. 3. “IFP requests are evaluated under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, and the first question is whether 15 the plaintiff’s financial status excuses payment of the court’s filing fees.” Nordin v. Scott, No. 16 3:21-cv-04717-JD, 2021 WL 4710697, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 8, 2021), aff’d, No. 22-15816, 2023 17 WL 4418595 (9th Cir. July 10, 2023). The answer here is yes. Thieriot states that she is 18 unemployed, has only $20 to her name, and has no monthly income. Dkt. No. 3 at 1-3. 19 The next question is whether the complaint is sufficient to stand, and the answer is no. See 20 Dkt. No. 1. “The Court may ‘at any time’ dismiss an IFP complaint that fails to state a…