(PS) Douglas v. The Ezralow Company LLC

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CHERYL LYNN DOUGLAS, et al., No. 2:24-cv-00331-KJM-CKD (PS) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 THE EZRALOW COMPANY LLC, et al., 15 Defendants.

16 17 Plaintiffs Cheryl Lynn Douglas and Andrew Grant Haymore proceed without counsel and 18 seek to proceed in forma pauperis. This matter is before the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 19 302(c)(21). See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). 20 To commence a civil action, along with the complaint, a plaintiff or plaintiffs must either 21 pay the $350.00 filing fee and the $55.00 administrative fee or request leave to proceed in forma 22 pauperis (“IFP”). See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). “Where there are multiple plaintiffs in a 23 single action, the plaintiffs may not proceed in forma pauperis unless all of them demonstrate 24 inability to pay the filing fee.” Darden v. Indymac Bancorp, Inc., No. CIV S-09-2970 JAM DAD, 25 2009 WL 5206637, at *1 (E.D. Cal. Dec. 23, 2009); see also Hampton v. City of Pomona Police 26 Dep’t, No. 2:22-cv-09430-FWS-ADS, 2023 WL…