U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2017

Hamm v. Ventura Department of Child Support Services

Hamm v. Ventura Department of Child Support Services
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided November 21, 2017 · Canby, Trott, Graber
703 F. App'x 616

Hamm v. Ventura Department of Child Support Services

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Charles A. Hamm appeals pro se from the district court’s order dismissing his-42 U.S.C. § 1983 action after denying his application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion, Tripati v. First Nat’l Bank & Trust, 821 F.2d 1368, 1369 (9th Cir. 1987), and we affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Hamm’s IFP application because Hamm failed to make a sufficient showing of indigency. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) (IFP statute); Escobedo v. Applebees, 787 F.3d 1226, 1234 (9th Cir. 2015) (a plaintiff seeking IFP status must allege poverty with some particularity, definiteness and certainty (citation and internal quotation, omitted)).

AFFIRMED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3,

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