Finnegan
Finnegan v. The City of Atlanta Municipal Court
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 …