Opinion
Case No. 93-10216
07-05-2012
BRUCE K. WALKER, Plaintiff, v. VLASIC FOODS, INC., Defendant.
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 one-page, 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.
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ROBERT H. CLELAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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.
Lisa Wagner
Case Manager and Deputy Clerk
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