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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Employment Discrimination

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

E-Filed 8/4/16

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARLENE MERRITT,

Plaintiff,

v.

ANDREWS INTERNATIONAL,

Defendant.

Case No. 16-cv-03481-HRL 

INTERIM ORDER ON IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS APPLICATION

Re: Dkt. No. 2

Plaintiff Darlene Merritt applies to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). The court is unable 

to fully review the IFP application, however, because Plaintiff has not yet filed a complaint. 

Plaintiff filed a cover sheet which states that “the following complaint” relates to “harassment and 

discrimination” suffered in the course of her employment, but Plaintiff, instead of attaching a 

complaint, attached a letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission which states 

that she had the right to file this lawsuit. Dkt. No. 1 at 2-5.

Plaintiff shall therefore file her complaint no later than August 31, 2016; the court will rule 

on the IFP application after the complaint is filed. Accordingly, the initial case management 

conference is continued to November 22, 2016. The court advises Plaintiff to contact the Federal 

Pro Se Program in the federal courthouse in San Jose to seek assistance with understanding and 

following this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 8/4/16

HOWARD R. LLOYD

United States Magistrate Judge

Case 5:16-cv-03481-HRL Document 5 Filed 08/04/16 Page 1 of 1