Finnegan

Finnegan v. The City of Atlanta Municipal Court

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United States District Court, Southern District of CaliforniaMay 5, 20213:21-cv-00813California720 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SEAN MATTHEW FINNEGAN Case No.: 21cv813-LAB (NLS)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS AND DENYING

CITY OF ATLANTA MUNICIPAL

MOTION FOR TEMPORARY

COURT

RESTRAINING ORDER; AND Defendant.

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

18 Plaintiff Sean Matthew Finnegan, proceeding pro se, filed a complaint asking this Court to restrain and expunge an ongoing criminal case in the City of Atlanta Municipal Court and to award him damages. He attaches documents showing that he was arrested for entering a public transit station without paying. He believes the judges assigned to his case are acting improperly by continuing to adjudicate the case in spite of his claimed innocence, by requiring him to appear in court for his hearing, and by threatening to issue an arrest warrant should he fail to appear. An attachment shows that he asked the municipal court in late March for a 27 …

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