Bennett
Bennett v. Santa Clara County Superior Court
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DAVID BENNETT, Case No. 22-cv-07673-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER ON PENDING MOTIONS;
v. EXTENDING TIME TO PAY FILING
FEE
SANTA CLARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 12-14, 16, 19-22 11 Defendants.
Plaintiff, an inmate at the Monroe Detention Center in Yolo County1 who is proceeding 13 without a lawyer, filed this civil rights action and applied for leave to proceed in forma pauperis 14 (“IFP”). His IFP application was denied, and he was ordered to pay the filing fee on or before 15 March 6, 2023. (ECF No. 11.) Based upon his representation in a motion for appointment of 16 counsel that jail officials were “deliberately preventing him from transferring his money to the 17 court to pay his filing fee” (ECF No. 12 at 2), he received an extension of time to April 17, 2023, 18 to pay the filing fee or show cause why not. (ECF No. 15.) The Court explained that “[t]o show 19 cause on the grounds that officials are preventing his payment, he must show…