Phelps
Phelps v. Housing Authority of Marin County
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BRIGGETT PHELPS, Case No. 24-cv-06311-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE IFP APPLICATION AND
v. DISMISSAL
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF MARIN COUNTY, et al., 11 Defendants.
12 Pro se plaintiff Briggett Phelps has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) in this suit. Dkt. No. 2. Although Phelps’ financial condition excuses payment of court filing fees, and so the application is granted for that reason, the case is dismissed without prejudice because the complaint fails to plausibly state a claim on which relief may be granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2); Nordin v. Scott, No. 3:21-cv-04717-JD, 2021 WL 4710697, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 8, 2021), aff’d No. 22-15186, 2023 WL 4418595 (9th Cir. July 10, 2023). Even when read with the liberality afforded pro se litigants, see Johnson v. State of Cal., 207 F.3d 650, 653 (9th Cir. 2000), the complaint is difficult to understand and fails to allege “enough facts to state a claim to relief that is…