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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE 

COMPANY,

Plaintiff,

v.

KIM McKENZIE,

Defendant.

No. 2:16-cv-737 MCE CKD

ORDER

Resolution of defendant’s in forma pauperis application was referred to the undersigned 

by minute order filed April 14, 2016. ECF No. 5. Defendant has filed an amended application. 

ECF No. 11. In the amended affidavit, defendant states that her biweekly take home pay is 

$1,400. Defendant also states that she owns her own home with a monthly mortgage payment of 

$2,000.

Pursuant to federal statute, a filing fee of $350.00 is required to remove a civil action to

federal district court. 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). In addition, a $50.00 general administrative fee for 

civil cases must be paid. 28 U.S.C. § 1914(b). The court may authorize the commencement of an 

action “without prepayment of fees and costs or security therefor, by a person who makes 

affidavit that he is unable to pay such costs or give security therefor.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). The 

amount of defendant’s income shows that defendant is able to pay the filing fee and costs. Thus, 

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defendant has made an inadequate showing of indigency. See Alexander v. Carson Adult High 

Sch., 9 F.3d 1448 (9th Cir. 1993); California Men’s Colony v. Rowland, 939 F.2d 854, 858 (9th 

Cir. 1991); Stehouwer v. Hennessey, 841 F. Supp. 316, (N.D. Cal. 1994). 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendant is granted fourteen days in which 

to submit the appropriate fees to the Clerk of the Court. Defendant is cautioned that failure to pay 

the filing and general administrative fees in the amount of $400 will result in a recommendation 

that the application to proceed in forma pauperis be denied and the instant action be remanded.

Dated: May 5, 2016

4 pacbell-mckenzie0737.ifp.den

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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