Haddad
(PC) Casey v. Haddad
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DOMINIQUE ZAFIR CASEY, Case No.: 1:21-cv-00855-SKO (PC) Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY MOTION
v. TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
SHOULD NOT BE DENIED
HADDAD, et al., 21-DAY DEADLINE Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Dominique Zafir Casey moves the Court to proceed in forma pauperis in this action. (Doc. 2.) According to the certified account statement submitted by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Plaintiff had more than $1,000 in his inmate trust account as of March 4, 2021, and he currently has $469.09 in his account. (Doc. 6) This is enough to pay the $402 filing fee in this action. Therefore, Plaintiff must show why he is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis. Proceeding “in forma pauperis is a privilege not a right.” Smart v. Heinze, 347 F.2d 114, 116 (9th Cir. 1965). While a party need not be completely destitute to proceed in forma pauperis, Adkins v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 335 U.S. 331, 339-40…