Plaintiff Floats Grievance vs. Chief Judge for Doubting His ‘In Forma Pauperis’ Status

Pro se plaintiff Na’eem Betz answered a May 9 order from Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg for the District of Columbia for a sworn statement about his financial condition (see 2305100051) with an affidavit Tuesday (docket 1:23-cv-01177) threatening a disciplinary complaint against the judge for bias. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan granted Betz leave to proceed with his Telephone Consumer Protection Act complaint against Comcast Cable in forma pauperis (in the manner of a pauper) before the case was reassigned to Boasberg, said the affidavit. Betz has “deep reservations regarding the true nature” of Boasberg’s “further review of a matter already adjudicated on before he was assigned to this case,” it said. Betz sees Boasberg’s further review as “a blatant disregard” of local court rules “and is considering filing a formal complaint,” it said. In the affidavit, Betz declared under penalty of perjury that “because of my poverty I am unable to prepay the costs” of the case against Comcast. In the past 12 months, “I have not settled any cases in this court and received any money,” said the affidavit. Betz also hasn’t received any income in the past year, it said.