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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 18:1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOLENE SMITH, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

VICKI ASHWORTH, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:15-cv-2333 KJM AC (PS) 

ORDER 

 Plaintiffs, proceeding in this action pro se, have requested authority pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915 to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). This proceeding was referred to this court by Local 

Rule 302(c)(21). 

 Plaintiff Jolene Smith has submitted the affidavit required by § 1915(a) showing that she 

is unable to prepay fees and costs or give security for them. Accordingly, her request to proceed 

in forma pauperis will be granted. 

 However, plaintiffs are advised that each plaintiff must file his or her own separate 

application to proceed in forma pauperis, since filing fees must be paid unless each plaintiff 

applies for and is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Therefore, the remaining three 

named plaintiffs must each file a separate application to proceed in forma pauperis. The 

complaint will be screened under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e), once the IFP status of the remaining 

plaintiffs has been resolved. 

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 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Plaintiff Jolene Smith’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2), is 

GRANTED. 

 2. (a) Each named plaintiff (other than Jolene Smith), shall submit, within twenty days 

from the date of this order, a completed application and affidavit in support of his or her request 

to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided by the Clerk of Court, or (b) plaintiffs must 

pay the appropriate filing fee. Plaintiffs’ failure to comply with this order will result in a 

recommendation that this action be dismissed without prejudice as to the remaining three named 

plaintiffs. 

 3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiffs three (3) new Applications to 

Proceed In Forma Pauperis. 

DATED: December 3, 2015 

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