Mourning
Mourning v. IRS-Internal Revenue Service
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEFFERY LEE MOURNING, Case No. 3:23-cv-00970-RBM-WVG Booking #23710228,
ORDER:
Plaintiff, 13 vs. 1) DENYING MOTION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
AS BARRED BY 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g)
IRS-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE,
[ECF No. 2]; and et al.,
Defendants. (2) DISMISSING CIVIL ACTION
WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR
FAILURE TO PAY FILING FEE
REQUIRED BY 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a)
21 Plaintiff Jeffery Lee Mourning, currently incarcerated at the San Diego Central Jail, filed a civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on May 23, 2023. (Doc. 1.) He did not prepay the full civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); instead, he filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”). (Doc. 2.) I. Motion to Proceed IFP “All persons, not just prisoners, may seek IFP status.” Moore v. Maricopa Cty. Sheriff’s Office, 657 F.3d 890, 892 (9th Cir. 2011). Prisoners like…