Opinion
CASE NO. C17-6079RBL
01-03-2018
CANDI MARIE HASHIM, Plaintiff, v. NANCY BERRYHILL, Defendant.
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
THIS MATTER is before the Court on Plaintiff Hashim's Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis [Dkt. #1].
A district court may permit indigent litigants to proceed in forma pauperis upon completion of a proper affidavit of indigency. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). The court has broad discretion in resolving the application, but "the privilege of proceeding in forma pauperis in civil actions for damages should be sparingly granted." Weller v. Dickson, 314 F.2d 598, 600 (9th Cir. 1963), cert. denied 375 U.S. 845 (1963). Moreover, a court should "deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis at the outset if it appears from the face of the proposed complaint that the action is frivolous or without merit." Tripati v. First Nat'l Bank & Trust, 821 F.2d 1368, 1369 (9th Cir. 1987) (citations omitted); see also 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i). An in forma pauperis complaint is frivolous if "it ha[s] no arguable substance in law or fact." Id. (citing Rizzo v. Dawson, 778 F.2d 527, 529 (9th Cir. 1985); Franklin v. Murphy, 745 F.2d 1221, 1228 (9th Cir. 1984).
Hashim has met this standard. The Motion to Proceed IFP [Dkt. #1] is GRANTED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated this 3rd day of January, 2018.
/s/_________
Ronald B. Leighton
United States District Judge