(PS) Ireland v. United Parcel Service

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEROME IRELAND, JR., Case No. 1:21-cv-01801-DAD-SKO Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY MOTION

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

v. SHOULD NOT BE DENIED

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, (Doc. 2)

Defendant. 21-DAY DEADLINE 16 On December 22, 2021, Plaintiff Jerome Ireland, Jr., proceeding pro se, filed a complaint, along with an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (Docs. 1, 2.) According to Plaintiff’s application, his “seasonal” gross pay/wages and take-home pay/wages are both $8,000,000,000. (Doc. 2 at 1.) 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.1 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,…