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Parties Involved:
Melissa Moody Cross
Plaintiff
Linda Marshal
Defendant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

CENTRAL DIVISION 

MELISSA MOODY CROSS PLAINTIFF 

v. Case No. 4:20-cv-00284-LPR 

LINDA MARSHAL DEFENDANT 

ORDER 

Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) is DENIED without 

prejudice. (Doc. 1). Although some information in Plaintiff’s Motion might suggest that she 

may be eligible for IFP status, she has not provided clear and sufficient answers to the information 

requested on the Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs. Id. 

The Court is therefore unable to conclude that Plaintiff has met the standard for IFP status. 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(a). 

The Court may dismiss a complaint sua sponte if it is frivolous or fails to state a claim upon 

which relief may be granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B); Key v. Does, 217 F. Supp. 3d 1006, 1008 

(E.D. Ark. 2016). Although a pro se complaint is construed liberally, it must allege sufficient 

facts to support legally cognizable claims. Stone v. Harry, 364 F.3d 912, 914 (8th Cir. 2004). 

After considerable effort, the Court is unable to decipher Plaintiff’s Complaint. (Doc. 2). It 

remains unclear what causes of action she is trying to advance. It is equally unclear what facts 

she is alleging to support the legal claims that she is trying to advance. 

Accordingly, the Complaint is DISMISSED without prejudice.1

 The Court certifies that 

1 The Court entered a similar Order in the case of Melissa Cross v. Katrina Cross, et al. (1:19-cv-00108-LPR). (Doc. 

4). In that case, Ms. Cross filed a similarly deficient Motion for Leave to Proceed IFP and a Complaint that was 

also indecipherable as to the claims and facts alleged. (Docs. 1, 2). 

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an IFP appeal taken from the Order and Judgment dismissing this action is considered frivolous 

and not in good faith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED this 19th day of March 2020. 

_______________________________ 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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