Kohute

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 San Francisco Division 11 KEVIN JAMES KOHUTE, Case No. 25-cv-00636-LB

12 Plaintiff,

13 v. ORDER REASSIGNING CASE;

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

14 YOUTUBE LLC, TO DISMISS 15 Defendant. Re: ECF No. 1 16 17 The plaintiff, who is representing himself and proceeding in forma pauperis, sued YouTube 18 LLC, claiming a deprivation of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, based on YouTube’s 19 allowing videos on its platform of marijuana shops growing more than four plants in violation of 20 unspecified U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations.1 Because the plaintiff is proceeding in 21 forma pauperis, the court screened the case under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) and issued an order 22 (attached) identifying deficiencies in the complaint: (1) the plaintiff did not allege state action 23 supporting a § 1983 claim, and (2) there is no private right to sue someone for showing videos of 24 marijuana. The court mailed…