Thomas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 JAMES THOMAS, Case No.: 3:25-cv-02028-CAB-KSC Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING APPLICATION

v. TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS AND CLOSING CASE

MELISSA MIRAMONTES and RAMON

BAZAN,

Defendants. 14 [Doc. No. 9]

17 Plaintiff James Thomas (“Plaintiff” or “Thomas”) filed a civil complaint in the Southern District of Mississippi, [Doc. No. 1 (“Complaint” or “Compl.”)], along with a request to proceed in forma pauperis [Doc. No. 9 (“IFP request”).] [Doc. No. 2.] The case was transferred to this district because both named Defendants allegedly reside in San Diego and the event Plaintiff describes occurred in San Diego. [Doc. No. 10.] For the reasons discussed below, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s motion to proceed IFP. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff’s Complaint alleges “[h]ate crime, [d]efamation on the [p]eople, false arrest [by San Diego Police Department], and discrimination.” [Compl. at 4.] The Complaint appears to stem from a number of …