Williams v. Marshall

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS.

WALKER, District Judge.

Williams, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison, filed these two lawsuits challenging conditions of his confinement. In each, Williams has applied to proceed without prepayment of fees or costs pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915.

The benefit extended to litigants to proceed in forma pauperis under this stat*979ute is a privilege, not a right. Franklin v. Murphy, 745 F.2d 1221, 1231 (9th Cir.1984); Williams v. Field, 394 F.2d 329, 332 (9th Cir.1968). It is well established that, to obtain this privilege, a litigant must…