Wilson
Wilson v. Edmonson
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 Teddy LeRoy WILSON, Jr., Case No. 23-cv-0605-AGS-MSB
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS (ECF 2), DENYING MOTIONS TO
AMEND AS MOOT (ECF 4 & 5),
Amanda EDMONSON, et al., AND DISMISSING THE Defendants. COMPLAINT IN ITS ENTIRETY 9 10 Teddy LeRoy Wilson, Jr., an inmate suing defendants for civil-rights violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, moves to proceed in forma pauperis. For the reasons below, that motion is denied, his motions for leave to amend are denied as moot, and the complaint is dismissed without prejudice. DISCUSSION Typically, parties instituting a civil action in a United States district court must pay filing fees of $402.1 See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). But if granted the right to proceed in forma pauperis, a plaintiff need not pay those fees. Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). Prisoners like Wilson, however, “face an…