Bauman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 In re JORDANA MARINKOVIC Case No.: 24-CV-485 JLS (BLM)

BAUMAN,

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

Debtor. PREJUDICE MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

JORDANA MARINKOVIC BAUMAN;

MEL MARIN, (ECF No. 2) Appellants, v. MICHAEL KOCH, Appellee.

Presently before the Court is Appellant Jordana Marinkovic Bauman’s (“Bauman”) Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs (“Mot.,” ECF No. 2). Bauman and fellow Appellant Mel Marin (“Marin”), both proceeding pro se, initiated this bankruptcy appeal on March 11, 2024. See ECF No. 1. Parties instituting a bankruptcy appeal must pay a filing fee of $2981 unless they are granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).

1 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) (“Upon the filing of any . . .…