Ireland
Ireland v. Madera County Police Department
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
1:23-cv-00725-JLT-BAM LAVONDA LOUISE IRELAND et al., 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFFS TO FILE COMPLETED APPLICATION TO v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS OR PAY FILING FEE WITHIN THIRTY
DAYS
MADERA COUNTY POLICE
DEPARTMENT, et al. Defendants.
18 Plaintiffs Lavonda Louise Ireland and Michael Edward Muehlemann, proceeding pro se, 19 filed this civil action on May 11, 2023, along with an application to proceed in forma pauperis. 20 (Doc. 1, 2.) However, as there are two main deficiencies with the IFP application, the Court will 21 direct each Plaintiff to file a new and separate application. 22 First, while the application appears to be signed by both Plaintiffs, it is unclear whether it 23 contains the financial information for only Plaintiff Muehlemann, only Plaintiff Ireland, or both 24 Plaintiffs. (Doc. 2.) Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), a pro se plaintiff may proceed without 25 prepayment of fees by…