Hudson v. Borer et al

Filing 4

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER that filing no. 2, the plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, is denied; That the plaintiff shall have until September 18, 2006 to pay the court's $350filing fee; That in the absence of timely payment of the filing fee, this action may besubject, without further notice, to dismissal without prejudice for failure to prosecute; seeNECivR 41.1. Ordered by Magistrate Judge F. A. Gossett.(DKM, )

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Hudson v. Borer et al Doc. 4 Case: 8:06-cv-00570-LES-PRSE Document #: 4 Date Filed: 09/07/2006 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA BEATRICE HUDSON, Plaintiff, vs. ANN M. BORER, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 8:06cv570 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the court on filing no. 2, the Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis ("IFP") filed by the plaintiff, Beatrice Hudson. This is the twenty-fourth case filed in forma pauperis ("IFP") by the plaintiff in a period of approximately two years. The plaintiff's cases all have involved accusations of racism, racial profiling, conspiracy, discrimination, and retaliation against such defendants as the City of Omaha, the Omaha Police Department, the Omaha public library, the Omaha public schools, the Douglas County courts, the Douglas County Sheriff, a federal judge, the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission, former employers, former landlords, the plaintiff's former spouse and many others. Taking judicial notice of the court's records, the plaintiff is inclined to engage in altercations, which she then follows up with litigation. The plaintiff has prevailed in none of her cases, and many have been dismissed as frivolous. By moving for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, the plaintiff subjects the complaint to initial review under the standards set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), which states: (2) Notwithstanding any filing fee, or any portion thereof, that may have been paid, the court shall dismiss the case at any time if the court determines that­ (A) the allegation of poverty is untrue; or (B) the action or appeal-(i) is frivolous or malicious; (ii) fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted; or (iii) seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief. In this case, the plaintiff alleges claims against an employee of the Omaha public library whose race differs from that of the plaintiff. Stripped of conclusory allegations of racial discrimination and harassment, the complaint indicates that the defendant and the plaintiff had a disagreement in August of 2006, over the cost of a fax sent or received by the library on the plaintiff's behalf. Then on August 31, 2006, the defendant asked the 1 Dockets.Justia.com Case: 8:06-cv-00570-LES-PRSE Document #: 4 Date Filed: 09/07/2006 Page 2 of 2 plaintiff to share a computer with another member of the public (again, of a different race from that of the plaintiff) because of the amount of time the plaintiff had monopolized the library's public computer terminal. The plaintiff alleges racial discrimination in sweeping conclusory terms, as always, but no factual allegations appear from which an inference of racial animus may be gleaned. The plaintiff is abusing the IFP statute. Therefore, filing no. 2, the plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Proceed IFP, is denied. The plaintiff shall have until September 18, 2006 to pay the court's $350 filing fee if she wishes to continue to litigate this matter. If the plaintiff fails to pay the filing fee by September 18, 2006, this case will be subject, without further notice, to dismissal without prejudice by Senior District Judge Lyle E. Strom, for failure to prosecute.1 THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED: 1. That filing no. 2, the plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, is denied; 2. filing fee; That the plaintiff shall have until September 18, 2006 to pay the court's $350 3. That in the absence of timely payment of the filing fee, this action may be subject, without further notice, to dismissal without prejudice for failure to prosecute; see NECivR 41.1. DATED this 7th day of September, 2006. BY THE COURT: s/ F. A. GOSSETT United States Magistrate Judge See NECivR 41.1, which states in pertinent part: "At any time when it appears that any action is not being prosecuted with reasonable diligence the court may dismiss it for lack of prosecution." Even if the plaintiff pays the filing fee, there is no guarantee that the case will be safe from dismissal on other grounds once the defendant enters an appearance and moves to dismiss the complaint or asserts affirmative defenses. 2 1

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