Opinion
2:20-cv-01857-JAD-VCF
10-07-2022
Antonio Bridges, Plaintiff v. Black, Defendant
ORDER DENYING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS [ECF NO. 6]
This civil-rights action was dismissed and closed in December 2020 when pro se plaintiff Antonio Bridges failed to either pay the $402 filing fee or file an application to proceed in forma pauperis. Two months later, Bridges filed a first-amended complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and an application to proceed in forma pauperis. Bridges included this action's case number in the caption of his in forma pauperis application, so the Clerk of the Court filed the documents in this action. On May 5, 2021, Bridges sent a letter inquiring about the status of his new action, explaining why this action had been dismissed, and stating he had filed documents to initiate a new action.
ECF Nos. 4, 5.
ECF Nos. 6, 6-1.
ECF No. 6 at 1.
ECF No. 7.
Bridges has not moved to reopen this action and set aside the dismissal order. He does not argue that his failure to timely file an application to proceed in forma pauperis in this action was the product of excusable neglect. And I am not satisfied that relief from the dismissal order is merited on this record.
It is therefore ordered that the application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 6) is DENIED. If Bridges wants to pursue his claims, he must file a complaint in a new action and either pay the filing fee or properly apply to proceed in forma pauperis. And Bridges should not write the case number for this action in the caption of documents intended for any new action.