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Parties Involved:
Unknown Party
Defendant
Tanya Winters
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Tanya Winters,

Plaintiff,

v. 

Unknown Party,

Defendant.

No. CV-24-00876-PHX-DJH

ORDER 

Pending before the Court is pro se Plaintiff Tanya Winters’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion 

to Reopen Case (Doc. 10). 

Plaintiff filed her original Complaint on April 17, 2024, but did not pay the 

requisite filing fee. (Doc. 1). Accordingly, the Court gave the Plaintiff thirty days from

April 18, 2024, to either pay the filing fee or file an Application to Proceed in Forma 

Pauperis. (Doc. 4). When Plaintiff failed to comply with this Court’s Order in a timely 

manner, the Court dismissed the case without prejudice on June 5, 2024. (Doc. 9). 

In her Motion to Reopen Case, Plaintiff states that she was “arrested and put in jail 

and therefor [sic] did not have the ability to respond to this Court in the time needed.” 

(Doc. 10 at 2). She asks the Court to allow her “to be present telephonically if needed 

and allow this case to continue with the already submitted application to proceed mailed 

form this jail. . . dated May 22, 2024. . .” (Id.) Plaintiff has provided a good reason for 

not responding to the Court’s Order that she timely file an Application to Proceed in 

Forma Pauperis and the Court will grant her request to reopen this case. (Doc. 10). The 

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Court will also direct the Clerk to reinstate Plaintiff’s previously-filed Application to 

Proceed in Forma Pauperis. The Court will deny the Plaintiff’s request to appear 

telephonically at any proceeding in this matter. She can renew that request at the 

appropriate time if need be. 

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Reopen Case (Doc. 10) is 

GRANTED as stated herein. The Clerk of Court is kindly directed to reopen this matter

and reinstate Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis (Doc. 7) as a pending 

motion. A decision on Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis will issue by 

separate Order. 

Dated this 4th day of November, 2024.

Honorable Diane J. Humetewa

United States District Judge

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