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United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Name of Assigned Judge Milton I. Shadur Sitting Judge if Other
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CASE NUMBER 02 C 6271 DATE 9/12/2002

CASE Betty J. Dumas vs. Dovenmuchle Mortgage, Inc.
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prepayment of the fees is denied. If Dumas pays the filing fee on or before September 23 so that this
action may proceed, this Court will then enter an appropriate initial scheduling order. If not, both the
Complaint and this action will be dismissed. (4-1)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICTM” COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF “-LLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
BETTY J. DUMAS,

Plaintiff,

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MEMORANDUM ORDER

Betty Dumas (“Dumas”) has filed a self-prepared Complaint in
which she seeks to recover $2 million from Dovenmuehle Mortgage,
Inc., its employee William Mynatt, Jr. and other unnamed
Dovenmuehle employees for asserted violatiors of three federal
statutes. This memorandum order expresses ro view as to Dumas'
substantive claims, focusing instead on her contemporaneously
filed Application To Proceed Without Prepayment of Fees
(“Application”).

What Dumas sets out in the Application (and in her Complaint
as well) is that she is a business woman. Though Application 45
says in part, “Business is slow. Don't expect much income this
month,” the same paragraph reflects that she owns real estate
(apparently a three-story apartment building) having an estimated
market value of $350,000 as well as household items valued at
some $25,000 and business inventory with an estimated value of

$5,000. Dumas really has to understand that. does not even

approach a portrayal that places her in the indigent category



needed to excuse her payment of the $150 filing fee.
Accordingly the Application is denied. If Dumas pays the
filing fee on or before September 23 so that. this action may
proceed, this Court will then enter an appropriate initial
scheduling order. If not, both the Complaint and this action

will be dismissed.

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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge

Date: September 12, 2002