Firsov v. United Airlines, Inc

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 SERGEY FIRSOV, Case No. 25-cv-03784-SVK 5 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S 6 v. MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION 7 UNITED AIRLINES, INC, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 8 8 Defendants.

9 On May 28, 2025, the Court denied Plaintiff Sergey Firsov’s application to proceed in || forma pauperis (“IFP”) and set a deadline of June 18, 2025 for Plaintiff to pay the filing fee.

11 Dkt. 7 — the “IFP Order.” Now before the Court is Plaintiffs motion for reconsideration of the || IFP Order. Dkt. 8. Having considered the additional material provided by Plaintiff, the Court || DENIES his motion to reconsider the IFP Order. “[T]here is no formula set forth by statute, || regulation, or case law to determine when someone is poor enough to earn IFP status.” Escobedo 15 v. Applebees, 787 F.3d 1226, 1235 (9th Cir. 2015). However, as explained in the Court’s order || denying Plaintiff's IFP application, “a plaintiff seeking IFP status must allege poverty ‘with some = 17 || particularity, definiteness and certainty.’” Jd. at 1234 (quoting United States v. McQuade, 647 18 F.2d 938, 940 (9th Cir. 1981)); see also Dkt. 7. In light of Plaintiffs resources, he has not shown || that he could not afford to pay the Court filing fee if he adjusted or deferred other of his || discretionary expenses. Accordingly, the June 18, 2025 deadline for Plaintiff to pay the filing fee || remains in place. If Plaintiff fails pay the fee by June 18, 2025, the Court will issue an order that || this case be reassigned to a District Judge with a recommendation that the case be dismissed || without prejudice.

24 SO ORDERED.

25 Dated: June 5, 2025 21 Seo yet 28 SUSAN VAN KEULEN United States Magistrate Judge