Rodionova v. Qatar Airways Group (Q.C.S.C.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
IANA RODIONOVA,
Plaintiff,
v.
QATAR AIRWAYS GROUP (Q.C.S.C.), et
al.,
Defendants.
Case No. 26-cv-08827-AGT
ORDER ON MOTION FOR LEAVE
TO FILE MOTION FOR RECONSID-
ERATION
Re: Dkts. 15, 16
Plaintiff seeks leave to file a motion for reconsideration of the Court’s order deny-
ing her application to proceed in forma pauperis. Dkt. 14. Plaintiff seeks leave under sub-
sections (b)(1) and (b)(3) of Civil Local Rule 7-9. Dkt. 15 at 2. The request is denied.
Plaintiff asserts additional facts about her husband’s unemployment that she argues
show poverty with “definiteness and certainty.” Id. at 3 (citing Escobedo v. Applebees, 787
F.3d 1226, 1234-35 (9th Cir. 2015)). But she doesn’t explain why, in the exercise of rea-
sonable diligence, she wasn’t able to present these facts at the time of the Court’s first IFP
order. See Civil L.R. 7-9(b)(1). Even so, the new facts don’t change the Court’s analysis.
The Court’s IFP order didn’t rest solely on Plaintiff’s failure to provide details about her
husband’s unemployment. See dkt. 14 at 2-3. And the monthly household income Plaintiff
now claims still exceeds the monthly expenses in her IFP application by $1,950. Dkt. 15 at
2; dkt. 12 at 3.
The Court has also considered Plaintiff’s remaining arguments under subsection
(b)(3), and concludes that they don’t demonstrate the “manifest failure … to consider ma-
terial facts or dispositive legal arguments which were presented to the Court before such
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interlocutory order.” Civil L.R. 7-9(b)(3) (emphasis added). Plaintiff’s request for leave is
therefore denied.
Plaintiff must pay the $405 filing fee by October 26, 2026. The Court won’t allow
Plaintiff to pay the fee in monthly installments. If she doesn’t pay the filing fee by October
26, the Court will recommend that a district judge dismiss this action without prejudice.
Plaintiff is responsible for serving the summons and complaint. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4.
This order disposes of dkts. 15 & 16.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: October 16, 2026
______________________________
Alex G. Tse
United States Magistrate Judge
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