Walker v. Vlasic Foods Inc

Filing 27

ORDER DENYING AS MOOT 26 Request filed by Bruce K. Walker, 25 Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis filed by Bruce K. Walker Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

BRUCE K. WALKER,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 93-10216

VLASIC FOODS, INC.,
Defendant.
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ORDER DENYING AS MOOT PLAINTIFF’S
APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
On December 14, 1993, the court granted in part and denied in part Defendant’s
motion to dismiss this employment-discrimination action, and the case was
subsequently remanded to the Saginaw County Circuit Court. Now, more than eighteen
years later, Plaintiff has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis and a onepage, hand-written paper docketed as a “Request to Add Party.” The latter reads, in its
entirety: “I want Local 87 to be part of this case. They failed to represent me. RWDSU
Local 87, 2329 N. Mich., Saginaw, Mich., 48602.”
The court notes that, in light of the remand order, it no longer has jurisdiction
over this dispute. Morever, even if the court did have the power and inclination to
reopen this long-closed case, Plaintiff would not require permission to proceed in forma
pauperis, as the filing fee was already paid at the outset of the litigation. Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis [Dkt.
# 25] is DENIED AS MOOT.
s/Robert H. Cleland
ROBERT H. CLELAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: July 5, 2011

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to counsel of record
on this date, July 9, 2012, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
s/Lisa Wagner
Case Manager and Deputy Clerk
[phone]

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