Hashim v. Berryhill

Filing 2

ORDER granting 1 Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis; signed by Judge Ronald B. Leighton.(DN)

HONORABLE RONALD B. LEIGHTON

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA

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CANDI MARIE HASHIM,

CASE NO. C17-6079RBL

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Plaintiff,
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v.

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA
PAUPERIS

NANCY BERRYHILL,

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Defendant.

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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

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completion of a proper affidavit of indigency. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). The court has broad

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discretion in resolving the application, but “the privilege of proceeding in forma pauperis in civil

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actions for damages should be sparingly granted.” Weller v. Dickson, 314 F.2d 598, 600 (9th

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Cir. 1963), cert. denied 375 U.S. 845 (1963). Moreover, a court should “deny leave to proceed

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in forma pauperis at the outset if it appears from the face of the proposed complaint that the

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action is frivolous or without merit.” Tripati v. First Nat’l Bank & Trust, 821 F.2d 1368, 1369

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(9th Cir. 1987) (citations omitted); see also 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i). An in forma pauperis

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ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR LEAVE TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS - 1

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complaint is frivolous if “it ha[s] no arguable substance in law or fact.” Id. (citing Rizzo v.

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Dawson, 778 F.2d 527, 529 (9th Cir. 1985); Franklin v. Murphy, 745 F.2d 1221, 1228 (9th Cir.

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1984).

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Hashim has met this standard. The Motion to Proceed IFP [Dkt. #1] is GRANTED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated this 3rd day of January, 2018.

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Ronald B. Leighton
United States District Judge

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ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR LEAVE TO
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