Ricketts

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONAT RICKETTS Case No.: 20cv1966-LAB (BGS)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS; AND

UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT

OFFICES, et al. ORDER OF DISMISSAL Defendants.

Plaintiff Donat Ricketts filed this action bringing claims for copyright infringement, RICO, federal trademark infringement, and various state law causes of action. He did not pay the filing fee, but filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). IFP Motion Ricketts’ IFP motion provides only minimal information about his income and expenses. In addition to social security benefits, Ricketts says he receives unspecified income working for Posmates. He says he has no cash at all, and that he spends his entire take-home income on rent, utilities, gasoline, and hygiene products, without saying how much he spends on each, or how he obtains other necessities such as…