Christina Greenfield v. City of Post Falls Municipalit ( 2016 )

FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION AUG 03 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RODNEY L. PLANT, No. 14-35934
Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 1:14-cv-00265-BLW
v.
MEMORANDUM*
JAUN IBARRA; et al.,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Idaho
B. Lynn Winmill, Chief Judge, Presiding
Submitted July 26, 2016**
Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Rodney L. Plant, a former Idaho state prisoner, appeals pro se from the
district court’s order denying his application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis
(“IFP”) in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging federal and state law claims arising
out of the alleged denial of his right to practice his religion. We have jurisdiction
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion. Escobedo v.
Applebees, 787 F.3d 1226, 1234 (9th Cir. 2015). We affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Plant’s IFP
application because Plant did not demonstrate that he was unable to pay the court’s
filing fee due to poverty or indigency. See id. (“An affidavit in support of an IFP
application is sufficient where it alleges that the affiant cannot pay the court costs
and still afford the necessities of life.”); United States v. McQuade, 647 F.2d 938,
940 (9th Cir. 1981) (a § 1915 affidavit must state facts “with some particularity,
definiteness and certainty” as to indigency (citation and internal quotation marks
omitted)).
Plant’s requests for sanctions and sequential payment of IFP fees are denied.
AFFIRMED.
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