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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JANE DOE,

Plaintiff,

v.

HENRY WIRTA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-00587-EMC 

ORDER REVOKING PLAINTIFF’S IN 

FORMA PAUPERIS STATUS

Docket No. 20

Previously, Jane Doe was given leave to proceed in forma pauperis but this Court 

dismissed her complaint with leave to amend as part of its required review under 28 U.S.C. § 

1915. In its order, the Court expressly warned Ms. Doe that failure to file an amended complaint 

by the deadline specified would result in an automatic dismissal of her case with prejudice. See

Docket No. 13 (order adopting report and recommendation and dismissing complaint with leave to 

amend). Ms. Doe did not timely file her amended complaint. The Court therefore dismissed her 

amended complaint. However, because Ms. Doe was only one day late in filing, the Court went 

on to address whether Ms. Doe had adequately stated a claim for relief in the amended complaint. 

It concluded that she had not. See Docket No. 15 (order). Ms. Doe subsequently appealed.

Now pending before the Court is a referral from the Ninth Circuit in which it asks the 

Court to evaluate whether Ms. Doe’s “in forma pauperis status should continue for [the] appeal or 

whether the appeal is frivolous or taken in bad faith.” Docket No. 20 (order). The Court hereby 

finds that the appeal is frivolous, both because Ms. Doe’s amended complaint was not timely filed 

and because Ms. Doe failed to state a claim for relief in the amended complaint (notably, repeating 

many of the deficiencies in her original complaint). The Court therefore REVOKES Ms. Doe’s in 

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forma pauperis status.

The Clerk of the Court is instructed to immediately notify the Ninth Circuit of this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 24, 2019

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EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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