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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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ORDER DENYING APPLICATION TO PROCEED WITHOUT PREPAYMENT OF FEES—No. C-06-04662 RMW

JAH

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

E-filed on 10/20/06

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

THERESA B. BRADLEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

YAHOO, INC.,

Defendant.

No. C-06-04662 RMW

ORDER DENYING APPLICATION TO

PROCEED WITHOUT PREPAYMENT OF

FEES

[Re Docket No. 10]

Plaintiff Theresa Bradley moves for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. For the reasons set

forth below, the court denies the application.

A district court may authorize the commencement of a civil action in forma pauperis if the

court is satisfied that the would-be plaintiff cannot pay the filing fees necessary to pursue the action. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). However, courts must deny in forma pauperis status under certain

circumstances, including when the underlying complaint sought to be filed is frivolous or when it

fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B); O'Loughlin

v. Doe, 920 F.2d 614, 616 (9th Cir. 1990). 

The court is not satisfied that Bradley should be excused from paying the filing fee. Her

application is incomplete; the wages from her last job (with Elite Personnel) are not listed. The

court also notes that in one of the many other actions Bradley has initiated, the District Court for the

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District of Maryland denied her application to proceed in forma pauperis in part because she owned

an "albeit allegedly damaged" "$50,000 Jaguar" automobile. Bradley v. Harford Care Care, No.

PJM-06-1542 (M.D. Md. June 27, 2006). Bradley's application to proceed in forma pauperis in this

action is therefore denied.

ORDER

For the forgoing reasons, the court

1. denies Bradley's application to proceed in forma pauperis; 

2. instructs Bradley to pay the filing fee before November 1, 2006; otherwise, this

action will be dismissed.

DATED: 10/20/06

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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A copy of this order was mailed on to:

Plaintiff (pro se):

Theresa B. Bradley 

4500 Connecticut Avenue NW 

Suite 209 

Washington, DC 20008 

Counsel for Defendant:

Kirsten Joy Daru; Michele D. Floyd 

Reed Smith LLP 

Two Embarcadero Center 

Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this order to co-counsel, as necessary.

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