Eulitt
Eulitt v. City of San Diego
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SANDY A. EULITT, Case No.: 18-cv-02721-AJB-WVG
12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST TO PROCEED IN FORMA v. PAUPERIS WITHOUT PREJUDICE
CITY OF SAN DIEGO, (Doc. No. 69)
16 Defendant. 17 18 Before the Court is a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by pro se plaintiff, Sandy A. Eulitt (“Plaintiff”). (Doc. No. 69.) The screening procedures at 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) applies to all pro se litigants, regardless of whether they are prisoners or not. Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1051, 1051 n.1 (9th Cir. 2007) (citing Lister v. Dep’t of Treasury, 408 F.3d 1309, 1312 (10th Cir. 2005)). The ability to proceed in forma pauperis “is a privilege, rather than a right,” and 28 U.S.C. § 1915 protects the taxpayer from the fraudulent or carelessly granted payment of costs at government expense. Jefferson v. United States, 277 F.2d 723, 725 (9th Cir. 1996). As such, “it is proper and indeed…