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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES BRYANT PHIFER,

No. CIV S-08-0299 LEW DAD PS

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS,

DIRECTING CLERK TO SEND MATERIALS

SECRETARY UNITED STATES FOR SERVICE, AND REQUIRING SERVICE

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING BY UNITED STATES MARSHAL

AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,

Defendant.

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Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint alleging claims

under the Fair Housing Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act concerning reasonable

accommodation in housing and plaintiff’s enrollment date for a housing voucher program.

Plaintiff initially submitted his complaint to the United States District Court for

the District of Columbia, where it was received on December 14, 2007 and filed on January 10,

2008. The District of Columbia court found that venue was not proper in that court and therefore

issued an order transferring the case to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

California. Plaintiff filed a motion objecting to the transfer. Although it appears from the docket

for the District of Columbia case that plaintiff’s motion was denied, a copy of the order was not

included in the file transferred to this court.

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 Plaintiff is proceeding in this court on similar claims against the Sacramento City and 1

County Housing and Redevelopment Agency and its executive director, case # 2:07-cv-00747

LKK DAD PS, filed April 19, 2007.

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Upon receipt of the incomplete file on February 8, 2008, the case was randomly

assigned to the Honorable Ronald S.W. Lew and to the undersigned magistrate judge. The

proceeding has been referred to the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 72-302(c)(21).1

Plaintiff’s complaint was accompanied by an application to proceed in forma

pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. The undersigned finds that plaintiff’s application makes the

showing required by § 1915(a) and demonstrates plaintiff’s inability to prepay fees or give

security for them. Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s January 10, 2008 application to proceed in forma pauperis is

granted;

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to affix to plaintiff’s January 10, 2008

complaint the case number assigned to the action in this court;

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to issue process and to send plaintiff (1) an

instruction sheet for service of process by the United States Marshal, (2) one USM-285 form and

one summons form, and (3) an endorsed copy of plaintiff’s complaint bearing the case number

assigned to the action in this court;

4. Plaintiff shall follow the instructions provided by the Clerk of the Court and

shall submit the properly completed materials for service, along with a copy of this order, to the

United States Marshal within twenty (20) days after being served with this order;

5. Within five (5) days after submitting all materials to the United States Marshal,

plaintiff shall file a statement with the court advising the court of the date on which he submitted

the documents to the United States Marshal for service;

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6. Within thirty (30) days after receiving the necessary materials from plaintiff,

the United States Marshal is directed to serve process on defendant Secretary of the United States

Department of Housing and Urban Development; and

7. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve courtesy copies of this order on

attorneys Thomas Allen Cregger and Wendy M. Motooka at the electronic addresses registered in

Phifer v. Sacramento City and County Housing and Redevelopment Agency, et al., case # 2:07-

cv-00747 LKK DAD PS, but shall not add the attorneys to the service list for this case.

DATED: February 28, 2008.

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