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Parties Involved:
Michalla Alfaro Brittany
Plaintiff
Wells Fargo Bank NA
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHALLA ALFARO BRITTANY,

Plaintiff,

v.

WELLS FARGO BANK NA,

Defendant.

No. 2:16-cv-1351 TLN CKD PS

ORDER AND

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Plaintiff has not paid the fee ordinarily required to file an action in this court, and has filed 

an incomplete application to proceed without prepayment of fees. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 

1915(a). Plaintiff states she receives disability income, monthly annuities, a monthly inheritance 

and rent payments but does not set forth the amounts. Plaintiff will be provided the opportunity 

to submit either the appropriate affidavit in support of a request to proceed in forma pauperis or 

the appropriate filing fee. If plaintiff submits another affidavit, she must set forth precisely the 

amounts she receives from disability payments, monthly annuities, monthly inheritance and rent 

payments. 

In the form complaint, plaintiff alleges federal question subject matter jurisdiction. 

However, the complaint does not set forth the basis for this allegation. It appears plaintiff is 

attempting, through this action, to have her disability checks direct-deposited into the defendant 

bank. Plaintiff is advised that this forum is not an appropriate mechanism to achieve the result 

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plaintiff desires. A more efficacious avenue may be to direct such inquiries to the Social Security 

administration, if that is the source of plaintiff’s disability checks.

The federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. In the absence of a basis for federal 

jurisdiction, plaintiff’s claims cannot proceed in this venue. Because there is no basis for federal 

subject matter jurisdiction evident in the complaint, plaintiff will be ordered to show cause why 

this action should not be dismissed. Failure to allege a proper basis for subject matter jurisdiction 

will result in a recommendation that the action be dismissed.

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff shall submit, within fourteen days from the date of this order, either a 

completed application and affidavit in support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis on the 

form provided by the Clerk of Court, or the appropriate filing fee; plaintiff’s failure to comply 

with this order will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed;

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff a new Application to Proceed In 

Forma Pauperis; and

3. No later than July 12, 2016, plaintiff shall show cause why this action should not be 

dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Failure to establish a proper basis for subject 

matter jurisdiction will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed without 

prejudice.

Dated: June 28, 2016

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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