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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights (Employment Discrimination)

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HELENE AKAR,

Plaintiff,

 v.

PRESCOTT HOTEL,

Defendant. /

No. C 07-4531 SI

ORDER REOPENING CASE;

DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE

AMENDED COMPLAINT AND

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

REGARDING FINANCIAL CONDITION

The Court has received a letter from plaintiff dated February 6, 2008. Plaintiff requests that the

Court reopen her case, which was dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute on October 29,

2007. Plaintiff states that she was out of the country taking care of her ill mother, and thus unable to

attend to this case. The Court finds that plaintiff has demonstrated good cause to reopen this case,

GRANTS the request and SETS ASIDE the judgment entered on October 29, 2008. Rule 60(b)(6),

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

However, if plaintiff wishes to proceed with this action, plaintiff must provide additional

information about the factual basis for her claims, and provide additional information regarding her

financial condition. Plaintiff filed an Employment Discrimination Complaint on Form-Intake 2, which

poses ten questions for the plaintiff to answer. Plaintiff indicated on her form that she is suing because

she believes her employment was terminated unlawfully because of race, sex, and national origin. In

answer to Question 6 on the form, which asks plaintiff to describe “the basic facts surrounding [her]

claim of discrimination,” plaintiff wrote only the words “sex, national origin, retaliation, age.” Plaintiff

did not provide the facts upon which she bases her legal claims. As currently drafted, plaintiff’s

complaint fails to state a claim for relief. If plaintiff wishes to proceed with this lawsuit, plaintiff must

file an amended complaint, which may take the form of an amendment to Form-Intake 2. In answering

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Question 6 on the amended form, plaintiff must set forth the core facts, events, or actions by defendant

on which she bases her claim. Plaintiff must file an amended complaint no later than March 28, 2008.

In addition, the Court needs further information about plaintiff’s financial circumstances.

Plaintiff states in her Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis that she is unemployed and that in the

previous twelve months she received “about $3500" from Alliance Mortgage Co., and approximately

$5200 from Monticello Hotel. Plaintiff also states that she has a bank account with $2000 in cash, and

that she owns a car with no loan outstanding. With respect to expenses, plaintiff states that her monthly

living expenses are $1300 and that she makes monthly payments of between $500 and $1500 on three

credit cards. Plaintiff states that she does not know how much she owes in total on each of these three

credit cards. 

Given that plaintiff states that she is currently unemployed and has only $2000 in her bank

account, it is unclear to the Court with what funds plaintiff is able to make the monthly credit card

payments. Accordingly, if plaintiff would like the Court to consider her Application, by no later than

March 28, 2008, plaintiff must file a Supplemental Application, explaining to the Court whether she

makes these credit card payments on a monthly basis, and if so, identifying the sources from which she

makes the payments. Alternatively, if plaintiff made this statement in error and did not intend to say

that she makes these payments on an monthly basis, plaintiff must correct the information on her

Supplemental Application to inform the Court of what the correct answer should be to Question 8 with

respect to her charge accounts. In addition, if plaintiff’s financial circumstances have changed since she

filed the initial Application, she may indicate that by providing updated financial information on the

Supplemental Application.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 17, 2008 

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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