Navarrette
Navarrette v. 5 - Keys Charter School
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
TOMAS NAVARRETTE, Case No. 20-cv-02579-PJH Plaintiff,
v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
AUXILIARY FUNDS
5 - KEYS CHARTER SCHOOL, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 19 Defendants.
13 The court is in receipt of plaintiff’s motion for pro per auxiliary funds. Plaintiff explains that he is currently incarcerated in Santa Rita jail and requests funds for phone calls and administrative supplies to prosecute his case. Dkt. 19 at 1. “The Supreme Court has declared that ‘the expenditure of public funds [on behalf of an indigent litigant] is proper only when authorized by Congress . . . .’” Tedder v. Odel, 890 F.2d 210, 211–12 (9th Cir. 1989) (per curiam) (alterations in original) (quoting United States v. MacCollom, 426 U.S. 317, 321 (1976)). The in forma pauperis statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1915, permits a court to authorize commencement of any suit without prepayment of fees. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). The statute does not, however, authorize the court to…