El
El v. State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANTONIO EL, et al., Case No. 3:23-cv-00128-JD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE IFP APPLICATION;
v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants.
Pro se plaintiffs Antonio El, Marie Mairiam Bijou Bayo-El, Amirah Marie Toni White-El, and Ali Mijan Muhammed White-Bey filed this action against over a dozen defendants, including the State of California, the State Bar of California, the County of Alameda, and multiple individuals. Dkt. No. 1. Plaintiffs filed a single “short form” application to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP), signed only by Antonio El. Dkt. No. 2. The application states that El receives zero dollars in gross and take-home pay; receives no other income; has no money in cash, a checking account, or savings; and does not own “[a]ny automobile, real estate, stock, bond, security, trust, jewelry, art work, or other financial instrument or thing of value.” Id. at 2. Even so, materials submitted with El’s complaint…