D'Artisan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 AELLIS D’ARTISAN, Case No.: 24-cv-17-JO-DEB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

AND SCREENING COMPLAINT

KELLI MARIE CONNOR dba KELLI

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915

MARIE PHOTOGRAPHY dba

BOUDOIR BY KELLY; JILL LEUER;

ALICIA MILLER; ERIC MILLER; JEFFREY BENNION aka JEFF 15 BENNION aka JEFFREY MARK BENNION aka JEFF B

PHOTOGRAPHY; SARA PASTRANO;

THERESA STRATTON GARRETT;

COREY ANN BELAZOWHICH; JOHN

DOES 1-100; JANE DOES 1-100,

19 Defendants. 20 21 Plaintiff AEllis D’Artisan (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se, filed a false advertising action under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)(1)(B), alleging that his competitors and other individuals conspired to defame his photography business. Dkt. 3, First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). Plaintiff also filed a request to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) and a “motion for service by U.S. Marshall.” Dkts. 2, 4. For the reasons below, the Court grants…