(PS) Ringgold v. Burgett Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDWARD RINGGOLD, No. 2:22-cv-0836 KJM CKD PS Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 BURGETT, INC., DBA PIANODISC, et al., Defendants. 17 Plaintiff proceeds without counsel and seeks relief for wrongful termination under the Americans with Disabilities Act, among other claims. This matter is before the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21). See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Plaintiff has filed a civil complaint and an application to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF Nos. 1, 2.) In order to commence a civil action, along with the complaint, a plaintiff must either pay the $350.00 filing fee and the $52.00 administrative fee or file an application requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). The court may authorize the commencement of an action “without prepayment of fees” by an individual who submits an affidavit evidencing an inability to pay such fees. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). “An affidavit in support…