Latina Marie Young v. City of Los Angeles

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WESTERN DIVISION

LATINA MARIE YOUNG, Case No. CV 23-09938-MRA (DFM)

Plaintiff, Order Accepting Report and Recommendation of United States v. Magistrate Judge

CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al.,

Defendants.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the pleadings and all the records and files herein, along with the Report and Recommendation of the assigned United States Magistrate Judge. Further, the Court has engaged in a de novo review of those portions of the Report and Recommendation to which objections have been made. As an initial matter, because Plaintiff is proceeding in forma pauperis, the Court screens Plaintiff’s complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e). The first paragraph of the “Standard of Review” section of the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation erroneously cites 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, which applies to prisoners. However, under either provision, the Court applies the familiar standard applied in the context of failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). See Wilhelm v. Rotman, 680 F.3d 1113, 1121 (9th Cir. 2012) (applying…