In Re: James Gregory Barrett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 In re JAMES GREGORY BARRETT, Case No.: 22-CV-222 JLS (WVG)

Debtor.

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

PREJUDICE MOTION TO

JAMES GREGORY BARRETT, PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

14 Appellant, 15 v. (ECF No. 1-4)

SALTON SEA ESTATES III, LLC,

17 Appellee. 18 19 20 Presently before the Court is Appellant James Gregory Barrett’s Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) (“Mot.,” ECF No. 1-4). Appellant, proceeding pro se, initiated this bankruptcy appeal on February 17, 2022. See generally ECF No. 1 All parties instituting a bankruptcy appeal must pay a filing fee of $298, see Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8003(a)(3)(C) (“The notice of appeal must . . . be accompanied by the prescribed filing fee.”); 28 U.S.C. § 1930(c) ($5 appeal fee); Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule item 14 ($293 for appeal), unless they are granted leave to proceed IFP. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). A federal court may authorize the…