Summary
This Report and Recommendation addresses Plaintiff Tamara H.’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a Social Security action. The magistrate judge recommends denying the motion because Plaintiff and her spouse have sufficient income, account funds, and automobile assets to pay the $405 filing fee while providing for their necessities. The recommendation further states that Plaintiff should pay the fee within fourteen days if she intends to proceed.
Holdings
- Plaintiff did not demonstrate that poverty prevented her from paying the filing fee while providing for the necessities of life; the Magistrate Judge therefore recommended denying her application to proceed in forma pauperis.
Questions Presented
- Whether Plaintiff demonstrated sufficient poverty to qualify for leave to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).
Disposition
other
Cases Cited (7)
- Adkins v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 335 U.S. 331 (1948)(followed)
- Giles v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., No. 14-CV-11553, 2014 WL 2217136, at *1 (E.D. Mich. May 29, 2014)(followed)
- Cognetto v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., 2014 WL 358465, at *1 (E.D. Mich. Jan. 31, 2014)(followed)
- Alisa Marie B. v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., No. 2:23-CV-2622, 2023 WL 6554039, at *1 (S.D. Ohio Sept. 18, 2023)(followed)
- Reynolds v. Crawford, No. 1:01-cv-877, 2009 WL 3908911, at *1 (S.D. Ohio Nov. 17, 2009)(followed)
- Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140 (1985)(followed)
- United States v. Walters, 638 F.2d 947 (6th Cir. 1981)(followed)
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