Mallori

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEPHEN FAVIS, Case No. 2:25-cv-1030-DAD-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DARYL MALLORI, et al., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff brings this action against two of his neighbors, Daryl Mallori and Isabella Shin, and their landlord, Myeong Bae Kim. The complaint alleges that Mallori and Shin obtained a restraining order against plaintiff by false pretenses. Despite plaintiff’s protestation that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine does not apply, and that he seeks to bring this action based on the doctrine of extrinsic evidence, this case runs square into the Rooker-Feldman wall. I will therefore dismiss the complaint with leave to amend. I will also grant plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 2, which makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(a)(1) and (2). Screening and Pleading Requirements A complaint must contain a short and plain statement that plaintiff is entitled to…