Germalic v. Schedler

Filing 4

RULING and ORDER to Pay Filing Fee: 3 MOTION to Proceed in forma pauperis filed by James Germalic is denied. The pltf shall have 10 days to either pay the full $350 filing fee or file a properly completed AO Form 239, Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs. Signed by Magistrate Judge Stephen C. Riedlinger on 11/9/2012. (JDL)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

JAMES GERMALIC, INDEPENDENT
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

NUMBER 12-675-BAJ-SCR

TOM SCHEDLER, LOUISIANA
SECRETARY OF STATE
RULING ON APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
and
ORDER TO PAY FILING FEE
Before the court is the request of plaintiff James Germalic to
proceed in forma pauperis.

Record document number 3.

Plaintiff brought this civil action seeking an injunction to
stop the printing of ballots for the 2012 presidential election.
Plaintiff did not file a financial affidavit with his motion, nor
did he provide any

personal financial information in the motion

itself, showing that he is unable to pay the filing fee. Plaintiff
only stated that while he could pay the fee for one federal court,
he could no pay the fee for all federal courts.
Absent
financial

a

sufficient

information

about

the

plaintiff’s

resources, e.g. his employment and other sources of

income, his assets and his liabilities, the court cannot determine
whether he is qualified to proceed in forma pauperis.
Accordingly,

the

request

of

plaintiff

proceed in forma pauperis is denied.
Furthermore;

James

Germalic

to

IT IS ORDERED that the plaintiff shall have 10 days to either
pay the full $350 filing fee or file a properly completed AO Form
239, Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying
Fees or Costs.1

Failure to comply with this order may result in

dismissal of the plaintiff’s complaint without further notice.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 9, 2012.

STEPHEN C. RIEDLINGER
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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The form is available from the Clerk of Court, or through
this court’s website, http://www.lamd.uscourts.gov, or directly
from
the United States Courts website, Forms & Fees page,
http://www.uscourts.gov/FormsAndFees/Forms/CourtFormsByCategory.
aspx.
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