Fernandez
Fernandez v. Metropolitan Correctional Center
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARCELO LARIOS FERNANDEZ, Case No. 21-CV-1011 JLS (DEB)
INMATE #87515-298,
ORDER (1) DISMISSING CIVIL
Plaintiff, ACTION FOR FAILURE TO v. PROSECUTE AND (2) DENYING
MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL
METROPOLITAN CORRECTIONAL
AS MOOT
CENTER,
Defendant. (ECF No. 5) 17
On May 26, 2021, Plaintiff Marcelo Larios Fernandez (“Plaintiff” or “Fernandez”), a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See ECF No. 1. On June 23, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”), see ECF No. 2, and on June 28, 2021, he filed a motion for appointment of counsel, see ECF No. 5 (“Counsel Mot.”). The Court denied Plaintiff’s application to proceed IFP because it failed to contain the necessary financial documentation required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). See ECF No. 3 (“Order”) at 2 (citing Andrews…