Lister v. Department of Treasury

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• ruling that movant must show a financial inability to pay the required filing fee to succeed on a motion to proceed in forma pauperis
• holding that applicant’s “bald assertion” of an inability to pay the required filing fee was insufficient to obtain IFP status
• explaining that 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) “applies to all persons applying for [IFP] status, and not just to prisoners”
• noting that “to succeed on a motion to proceed IFP, the movant must show a financial inability to pay the required filing fees”
• explaining that the statute applies to all per- sons notwithstanding its “prisoner possesses” language, and collecting cases so holding
• explaining that the statute applies to all per- sons notwithstanding its “prisoner possesses” language, and collecting cases so holding

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