Iseli
Iseli v. State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRANDON WILLIS ISELI, Case No.: 24cv0523-JO (DDL)
Plaintiff,
vs. ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT 14 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 19 Brandon Willis Iseli (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, California, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Dkt. 1 (“Compl.”). The Court dismisses his complaint because Plaintiff has neither paid the filing fee nor filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1051 (9th Cir. 2007) (establishing that an action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to prepay the entire fee only if he is granted leave to proceed IFP). The Court also dismisses this action because this Court is not the proper venue for ||his action. A civil action may be brought in “(1) a judicial district in which any defendant 2 || resides, if…