Messa v. Rubin

MEMORANDUM

LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Rusbeiro Messa, has filed a pro se complaint seeking damages under a number of federal and state-law claims, and has filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. Messa asserts that his debts substantially exceed his assets, and that his income is very small; because there is no reason not to believe these claims, his motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. However, as noted in this court’s memorandum dismissing another action by Messa, the statute granting courts the power to allow plaintiffs to proceed in forma pauperis, 28 U.S.C.…