Asmelashe
Asmelashe v. Dawit Auto Body Shop
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division ALMAZ ASMELASHE, et al., Case No. 21-cv-03015-LB
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING IN FORMA
v. PAUPERIS APPLICATION WITHOUT
PREJUDICE AND SCREENING
DAWIT AUTO BODY SHOP, COMPLAINT Defendant. Re: ECF No. 1 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiffs Almaz Asmelashe and Beraki Eskinder, who represent themselves, sued Dawit Auto Body Shop, the lienholder of Ms. Asmelashe’s car, who allegedly sold the car even though he took their money to buy back the car.1 Ms. Asmelashe filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915.2 Mr. Eskinder — Ms. Asmelashe’s husband — did not fill out an in forma pauperis application himself, and he must in order for the court to consider the application. The court thus denies the application without prejudice to renewing it by submitting an application from Mr. Eskinder. Also, for the court to have…