Dr. Mickey Socrates Ferdynand v. Disney Enterprises

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DR. MICKEY SOCRATES Case No.: 3:21-cv-50-JLS (JLB)

FERDYNAND,

ORDER RE LETTER

Plaintiff, 13 vs. (ECF No. 8) DISNEY ENTERPRISES and WALT

DISNEY COMPANY,

Defendants. 17 18 Presently before the Court is a letter from Plaintiff Dr. Mickey Socrates Ferdynand. (“Letter,” ECF No. 8.) Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed this action against Defendants Disney Enterprises and The Walt Disney Company on January 8, 2021. See ECF No. 1. Plaintiff is alleging trademark infringement, patent infringement, and defamation. See generally id. On January 21, 2021, the Court dismissed Plaintiff’s action for failure to pay the filing fees required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). (ECF No. 6.) The Court granted Plaintiff thirty days to either (1) pay the entire civil filing and administrative fee or (2) “[c]omplet[e] and fil[e] a Motion to Proceed [in forma pauperis (“]IFP[”)] with an affidavit that includes a statement of all Plaintiff’s assets as…