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Nature of Suit Code: 445
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Employment
Cause of Action: 42:12101 The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

EUGENE ANGELO HARRIS JR., 

Plaintiff,

v. 

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO 

PROBATION DEPARTMENT, 

Defendant.

 Case No.: 17cv234 LAB (RBB) 

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S 

MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS [ECF NO. 2] 

On February 7, 2017, Plaintiff Eugene Angelo Harris Jr. (“Plaintiff”), commenced 

this action against Defendant County of San Diego Probation Department. (Compl. 1, 

ECF No. 1.) On the same day, Plaintiff also filed an “Application to Proceed in District 

Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs” (the “Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis”) 

[ECF No. 2]. For the reasons explained below, the Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis 

is GRANTED. 

 All parties instituting any civil action, suit, or proceeding in a district court of the 

United States, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of 

$400. See 28 U.S.C.A. § 1914(a) (West 2006). An action may proceed despite a 

plaintiff’s failure to prepay the entire fee only if the plaintiff is granted leave to proceed 

in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) (West 2006). See Rodriguez v. 

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Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). All actions sought to be filed in forma 

pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 must be accompanied by an affidavit signed by the 

applicant under penalty of perjury that includes a statement of all assets showing inability 

to pay initial fees or give security. 28 U.S.C.A. § 1915(a)(1); S.D. Cal. Civ. R. 3.2(a). 

 Here, Plaintiff has submitted an affidavit stating that he is currently unemployed. 

(See Mot. Proceed in Forma Pauperis 2, ECF No. 2.) He receives $883.84 each month in 

disability benefits, (id.), but has received no other income or benefits from any other 

source in the past twelve months, (id. at 1). He does not own a car or any real property. 

(Id. at 3.) 

Based on the declaration regarding his current financial resources, Plaintiff has 

sufficiently shown that he cannot pay the filing fee because of his poverty. Adkins v. E.I. 

DuPont de Nemours & Co., 335 U.S. 331, 339-40 (1948). Because Harris has satisfied 

the requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a), his Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis is 

GRANTED. 

Dated: February 21, 2017 

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