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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 26:7426 IRS: Wrongful Levy for Taxes

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MONIQUE CANDOR,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 13-CV-1044-LAB-WMC

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS

vs.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

Monique Candor filed this case on May 1, 2013. Now pending is her Motion to

Proceed IFP. 

All parties instituting a civil action in a district court of the United States, except for

habeas petitioners, must pay a filing fee of $350. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). A party is

excused from paying the fee, however, if the Court grants leave to proceed IFP pursuant to

28 U.S.C. 1915(a). See Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Circuit 1999). To

proceed IFP, a plaintiff doesn’t need to prove that she’s absolutely destitute, but she does

need to show that, because of her poverty, she cannot provide the filing fee and still provide

her dependants with the necessities of life. See Adkins v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.,

335 U.S. 331, 339–40 (1948).

Candor hasn’t made this showing. She is certainly struggling professionally and

financially, but she indicates that she is receiving $3,000 per month from a former law client. 

She also has enough money in the bank and cash in her pocket to pay the filing fee, a car

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worth $9,000, and certain debts and obligations that don’t necessarily deserve priority over

the Court’s filing fee. It may well be a hardship for Ms. Candor to pay the filing fee, but

hardship alone isn’t enough to litigate in federal court for free.

The motion to proceed IFP is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Ms. Candor may file

an amended IFP motion within two weeks of the date this Order is entered, or she may pay

the filing fee and begin litigating this case in earnest. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 12, 2013

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

cc: Petitioner/Plaintiff, Pro Se

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