Kassab

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 STEVE KASSAB, Case No.: 3:25-cv-00023-RBM-DDL

10 Plaintiff,

ORDER:

11 v. (1) DENYING PLAINTIFF’S 12 UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH, et al.,

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO

13 Defendant. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

14 (2) DISMISSING COMPLAINT ON 15 SCREENING PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) 16

17 [Docs. 1, 2]

18 19 20 On January 6, 2025, Plaintiff Steve Kassab (“Plaintiff”) filed a Complaint against 21 UC San Diego Health, Rachel Bent, Alice Kistenoff, Jack Hunt, Aaron Myers, Kush 22 Vijay Bhatt, and Does 1 through 100 (“Complaint”). (Doc. 1 (“Compl.”).) Along with 23 his Complaint, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP 24 Motion”). (Doc. 2.) 25 I. IFP MOTION 26 A. Legal Standard 27 All parties instituting any civil action, suit, or proceeding in a district court of the 28 United States, except an application for a writ of habeas…