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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DENYS NAMYSTIUK,

Plaintiff,

v.

SMITH BARNEY,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-03078-MEJ 

ORDER FOR CLERK OF COURT TO 

REASSIGN CASE WITH REPORT & 

RECOMMENDATION

On July 2, 2015, Plaintiff Denys Namystiuk filed a Complaint and Application to Proceed 

In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”). As Plaintiff has now filed a declination to proceed before a magistrate 

judge and a request for reassignment, the Clerk of Court shall REASSIGN this case to a District

Judge with the following recommendation.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, a district court may authorize the commencement of a civil 

action in forma pauperis if it is satisfied that the would-be plaintiff cannot pay the filing fees 

necessary to pursue the action. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). The policy for allowing a plaintiff to 

proceed in forma pauperis is to protect litigants from abandoning “what may be a meritorious 

claim in order to spare himself complete destitution.” Adkins v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 

335 U.S. 331, 340 (1948). However, “[c]ourt permission to proceed in forma pauperis is itself a 

matter of privilege and not right; denial of in forma pauperis status does not violate the applicant’s 

right to due process.” Franklin v. Murphy, 745 F.2d 1221, 1231 (9th Cir. 1984).

Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), a person submitting an application to proceed in forma 

pauperis must include a statement of all assets demonstrating the person is unable to pay the court 

costs and fees. An affidavit to proceed in forma pauperis is sufficient if it indicates “that one 

cannot because of his poverty pay or give security for the costs and still be able to provide himself 

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and dependents’ with the necessities of life.” Adkins, 335 U.S. at 339.

In his IFP Application, Plaintiff states that he has received money in the past twelve 

months from “business, self-employment,” yet he does not provide the amount received. Dkt. No. 

3. As the application does not comply with the requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), the 

undersigned ordered Plaintiff to file a declaration by August 3, 2015, explaining this source of 

income, the amount of money received, and the type of currency (e.g., U.S. Dollars, Ukrainian 

hryvnia, etc.). Dkt. No. 6. However, if Plaintiff does not file a responsive declaration, the 

undersigned finds that Plaintiff’s current IFP Application does not establish he is unable to pay the 

fees necessary to pursue this action. Accordingly, if Plaintiff fails to respond, the undersigned 

RECOMMENDS the newly-assigned judge deny Plaintiff’s IFP Application.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b)(2), Plaintiff

file any objections within 14 days after being served. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 27, 2015

______________________________________

MARIA-ELENA JAMES

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DENYS NAMYSTIUK,

Plaintiff,

v.

SMITH BARNEY,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-03078-MEJ 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on July 27, 2015, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing 

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Denys Namystiuk

Mate Zalka, 6B, 74

Kyiv, 04211 

Ukraine

Dated: July 13, 2015

Richard W. Wieking

Clerk, United States District Court

________________________

Chris Nathan, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable MARIA-ELENA JAMES

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