Kelly
Kelly v. Zuckerberg
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Dolores Kelly, Case No.: 3:22-cv-500-CAB-KSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING WITHOUT
v. PREJUDICE APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
Mark Zuckerberg, [Doc. No. 2] AND DENYING AS Defendant. MOOT MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL [Doc. No. 3]
17 On April 12, 2022, Plaintiff Dolores Kelly filed a complaint. [Doc. No. 1.] Plaintiff 18 also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) [Doc. No. 2] and a motion 19 to appoint counsel [Doc. No. 3]. For the following reasons, plaintiff’s application is
DENIED.
21 Generally, all parties instituting a civil action in this court must pay a filing fee. See 22 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); CivLR 4.5(a). However, the Court may authorize a party to proceed 23 without paying the filing fee if that party submits an affidavit demonstrating an inability to 24 pay. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). “An affidavit in support of an IFP application is sufficient where 25 it alleges that the affiant cannot…