Uriarte
Uriarte v. Metropolitan Transit System
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 JOSE URIARTE; MATTHEW Case No. 20-cv-01576-BAS-AHG BORTZ,
ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS
Plaintiffs, FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED IN
FORMA PAUPERIS
v. [ECF Nos. 2, 3] METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 On August 14, 2020, Plaintiffs Jose Uriarte and Matthew Bortz, proceeding with counsel, filed a Complaint against Defendants Metropolitan Transit System (“MTS”), Universal Protection Service, GP, Inc., and Security Officers Zavala and Gill, alleging that Defendants used excessive force when detaining Plaintiffs at a trolley stop in August 2018. (See generally, Compl. at 5.) Both Plaintiffs also filed motions seeking leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP Motions”). (Uriarte IFP Mot., ECF No. 2; Bortz IFP Mot., ECF No. 3.) For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ IFP Motions. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, a litigant who is unable to pay the filing fee to commence a legal action because of indigency may petition the court to…