McKinley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DOUGLAS MCKINLEY, II, et al., Case No. 1:21-cv-00754-NONE-SAB

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE AND REQUIRING

PLAINTIFF TO FILE LONG FORM

COUNTY OF FRESNO, et al., APPLICATION OR PAY FILING FEE

Defendants. (ECF No. 2)

TWENTY DAY DEADLINE

17 Douglas McKinley, II, and Joanna McKinley (“Plaintiffs”) filed a complaint in this action on May 10, 2021. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff Douglas McKinley did not pay the filing fee in this action and instead filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. However, Plaintiff’s application was not sufficiently completed for the Court to determine if he is entitled to proceed in this action without prepayment of fees. In assessing whether a certain income level meets the poverty threshold under Section 1915(a)(1), courts look to the federal poverty guidelines developed each year by the Department…