Carl D. Potnick v. Eastern State Hospital, Carl D. Potnick v. Suffolk Police

Appellant, as plaintiff pro se, sought to file two complaints in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, each alleging violations of his civil rights by the named defendants. Claiming inability to pay the required filing fees, appellant applied for leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). The district court denied both applications initially and on reconsideration, concluding that appellant’s affidavit of current income and assets warranted a finding “that the costs of filing and of serving the complaint would not bar access to this…