Asssociation of Committee to Elect Rev Dr Kamal Roy as US President v. USA

Filing 31

ORDER DISMISSING CASE. Signed by Judge ARMSTRONG on 1/23/09. (lrc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/26/2009)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION ASSOCIATION of COMMITTEE to ELECT REV DR KAMAL ROY as US PRESIDENT, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, Defendant. No. C 08-02291 SBA ORDER Plaintiff Rev. Dr. Kamal Roy ("Roy") filed a 59-page complaint on May 2, 2008. With the complaint, Roy filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court denied the application on September 2, 2008, because the requisite financial information was missing and the Complaint was, to a large extent, incomprehensible. [Docket No. 11]. The plaintiff was ordered to either pay the filing fee or file an amended application to proceed in forma pauperis within twenty (20) days. Roy was also warned that failure to comply with the deadline would result in dismissal without prejudice and without further notice. On September 23, 2008, before the deadline passed, and in response to Defendant's motion for a more definite statement, the Court ordered Plaintiff to serve an amended complaint containing a short and plain statement of his claims and the relief he is seeking, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a), within 20 days of receipt of the order. [Docket No. 19]. Roy did not file an amended IFP application by the deadline. [Docket Nos. 20 and 21]. Roy did not pay the filing fee either. He did, however, file an amended complaint on September 25, 2008. It was not a short and plain statement of his claims as ordered; it was 120 pages in length, and like the original complaint, incomprehensible. [Docket No. 20]. Moreover, among the papers of the amended complaint, there was a photocopy of a recent bank statement from Citizens Bank of an account in the name "Association Committee . . . To Elect the Rev Dr. Kamal K K Roy a/k/a J G JR" with a balance of $10,000. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Federal courts must review a case filed in forma pauperis prior to service of process. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e). The benefit of proceeding in forma pauperis is a privilege, not a right. Franklin v. Murphy, 745 F.2d 1221, 1231 (9th Cir. 1984). An in forma pauperis complaint shall be dismissed if the allegation of poverty is not true, or if the court determines that the action is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). Roy has not complied with the Court's Order to file an amended application to proceed in forma pauperis, nor has he paid the requisite filing fee. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the above-captioned case is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE to re-filing if plaintiff pays the required court fee. The Clerk is directed to terminate any pending matters and to close the file. IT IS SO ORDERED. Date: 1/23/09 _________________________________ Saundra Brown Armstrong United States District Judge 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ASSSOCIATION OF COMMITTEE TO ELECT REV DR KAMAL RO et al, Plaintiff, v. USA et al, Defendant. / Case Number: CV08-02291 SBA CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. That on January 26, 2009, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office. Asssociation of Committee to Elect Rev Dr Kamal Roy as US President Rev Dr Kamal RK Roy P.O. Box 1173 Saranac Lake, NY 12983 Dated: January 26, 2009 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk 3

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