Rena Esther Starks v. Land Title of Nevada, Inc.;

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RENA ESTHER STARKS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
LAND TITLE OF NEVADA, INC.; et al.,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 13-16617
D.C. No. 2:13-cv-00188-APG-
CWH
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Nevada
Andrew P. Gordon, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted November 18, 2014**
Before: LEAVY, FISHER, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Rena Esther Starks appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment
dismissing her action for failure to pay the filing fee. We have jurisdiction under
28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion the district court’s denial
of leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). O’Loughlin v. Doe, 920 F.2d 614,
FILED
DEC 4 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

-- 1 of 2 --

616 (9th Cir. 1990). We affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Starks leave to
proceed IFP because, based on the information that Starks provided in her IFP
application, the district court was unable to verify her poverty. See Rowland v.
Cal. Men’s Colony, 506 U.S. 194, 203 (1993) (an affidavit in support of IFP status
is sufficient if it states that, because of one’s poverty, one cannot pay court costs
and still be able to provide oneself with the necessities of life); United States v.
McQuade, 647 F.2d 938, 940 (9th Cir. 1981) (per curiam) (affiant must state facts
in support of poverty with “some particularity, definiteness and certainty” (citation
and internal quotation marks omitted)).
Starks’s motion for summary judgment and writ order, filed on April 2,
2014, is denied.
Starks’s motion to expedite, filed on July 28, 2014, is denied as moot.
AFFIRMED.
13-16617 2

-- 2 of 2 --