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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
CAROLYN HOSKINS, individually and as 
Successor
-in-Interest to the Estate of Lucille A. 
Yarbrough, deceased,
Plaintiff,
v.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING 
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, COMPU
-LINK 
CORPORATION, and IRA T. NEVEL, HUD 
Foreclosure Commissioner,
Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter comes before the Court on plaintiff Carolyn Hoskins’s motion for leave to 
proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. 8). A federal court may permit an indigent party to proceed 
without pre-payment of fees. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). Nevertheless, a court can deny a qualified 
plaintiff leave to file in forma pauperis or can dismiss a case if the action is clearly frivolous or 
malicious or fails to state a claim. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) & (ii). 
The Court is satisfied from Hoskins’s affidavit that she is indigent. However, the Court 
cannot identify a specific claim in her complaint. However, amendment of the complaint would not 
be necessary or appropriate because, at the June 16, 2026, telephone status conference, the parties 
reported that they are in the midst of an assessment in contemplation of a sale to the heirs of the 
borrower to whom the reverse mortgage on the property was given, which is what Hoskins hoped to 
achieve in this lawsuit. At that telephone status conference, all parties agreed to dismissal of this 
case without prejudice and without costs. 
Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES this case without prejudice and without costs and
DIRECTS the Clerk of Court to close this case.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: June 16, 2026
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J. PHIL GILBERT
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