Mehboob Shah v. Desert Auto Group V LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 8 BILAL MEHBOOB SHAH, Case No.: 23cv1073-JO-BGS 9 Plaintiff, 10 v.

ORDER SCREENING COMPLAINT

& ORDERING MARSHALL

DESERT AUTO GROUP V LLC,

SERVICE

13 Defendant. 14 15 16

18 Pro se Plaintiff Bilal Mehboob Shah alleges that his former employer, Defendant 19 Desert Auto Group V LLC (“Desert Auto”), discriminated against him and failed to 20 accommodate his disability. Dkt. 34, Fourth Amended Complaint (“TAC”). Given that 21 the Court has granted his application to proceed in forma pauperis, Dkt. 4, the Court must 22 screen his amended complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). After screening this 23 complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), the Court finds that Plaintiff has sufficiently 24 pled retaliation, racial discrimination, and state wage and hours claims to proceed. See 25 Wilhelm v. Rotman, 680 F.3d 1113, 1121 (9th Cir. 2012) (establishing that a pro se litigant 26 27 1 However, the Court notes that Plaintiff has not sufficiently pled disability discrimination in the 28 need only satisfy a “low threshold” to…