Alldredge v. Trump

Background

Joseph Alldredge filed this civil action against Donald John Trump while incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility - San Diego. The opinion states that Alldredge was proceeding without a lawyer. He submitted the petition without paying the required fees and without a completed application to proceed without prepaying fees or a prisoner authorization.

Required payment or application

The court explained that a prisoner bringing a civil action must either pay $402—consisting of a $350 filing fee and a $52 administrative fee—or submit the required application and authorization. If the court grants the application to proceed without prepaying fees, the $350 filing fee still must be collected in installments from the prisoner's account under the Prison Litigation Reform Act. The authorization also directs the correctional facility to deduct the payments and provide certified account statements for the prior six months.

Order and disposition

The court ordered Alldredge to take one of those two steps within 30 days of the order: pay the $402 in fees or submit the application and prisoner authorization, labeled with docket number 23-CV-4308 (LTS). No summons was to be issued at that time. The court stated that the case would be processed under the Clerk's Office procedures if Alldredge complied, and that the action would be dismissed if he did not comply within the allowed period.

Judge Laura Taylor Swain also certified that an appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees. The opinion did not decide the underlying claims against Donald John Trump.