(PS) Newson v. Mercedes-Benz Financial Services
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES NEWSON, No. 2:24-cv-0279 DJC SCR PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
MERCEDES-BENZ FINANCIAL
SERVICES,
15 Defendant.
17 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se in this action, which was accordingly referred to the undersigned by operation of Local Rule 302(c)(21). Plaintiff filed a request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) and submitted the affidavit required by that statute. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). The motion to proceed IFP, ECF No. 2, will be granted. However, in screening Plaintiff’s Complaint, as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), the Court concludes that the Complaint fails to state a claim. Because no additional facts could cure these fatal defects, the undersigned recommends that the Complaint be dismissed without leave to amend. I. SCREENING A. Legal Standard The federal IFP statute requires federal courts to dismiss a case if the action…