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Parties Involved:
Sharla Calip
Plaintiff
Housing Authority of the County of Alameda
Defendant
Mary Tanigawa
Defendant

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHARLA CALIP,

Plaintiff,

 v.

MARY TANIGAWA and HOUSING

AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF

ALAMEDA,

Defendants. /

No. C-15-2111 MMC

ORDER AFFORDING PLAINTIFF LEAVE

TO FILE NEW APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS;

RESETTING PLAINTIFF’S DEADLINE TO

PAY PARTIAL FILING FEE

Before the Court are two letter requests filed, respectively, on August 20, 2015, and

October 8, 2015, by plaintiff Sharla Calip (“Calip”). On May 13, 2015, the Court denied

Calip’s application to proceed in forma pauperis and ordered her to make, no later than

June 5, 2015, partial payment of the initial filing fee in the amount of $100. Thereafter, on

May 28, 2015, Calip requested the Court reconsider its denial of her application. The Court

denied Calip’s request, as she had failed to identify any change in her financial situation

warranting reconsideration, and extended to June 19, 2015, her deadline to make the $100

partial payment. (See Order, filed June 4, 2015.) On June 15, 2015, plaintiff appealed the

denial, after which, the Ninth Circuit, on September 22, 2015, dismissed the appeal “for

failure to prosecute” (see Order, filed September 22, 2015), thereby returning jurisdiction

over the instant action to this Court. 

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For Calip’s convenience, a copy of the form application is attached hereto. If Calip

elects to file a new application, she should clarify therein whether she has in fact been

evicted.

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In her letter of August 20, 2015, Calip states she “would like a fee waiver in the

case,” explaining her monthly expenses have “change[d] drastically” and that she may

“possibl[y] [be] homeless.” In her letter of October 8, 2015, Calip “request[s] [an] extension

on [her] fee waiver of . . . $100,” but proposes no particular deadline. Given the abovereferenced filings, the Court will afford Calip the opportunity to file a new Application to

Proceed in Forma Pauperis or, in the alternative, pay the partial filing fee by a newly set

deadline.

Accordingly, Calip is hereby DIRECTED to either (1) file, no later than November 2,

2015, a new Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis,1 or (2) pay, no later than said date,

the partial filing fee of $100.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 16, 2015 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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