Ermilo Vasquez Paredes v. Jasmin Khoshn

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERMILO VASQUEZ PAREDES, Case No. 2:25-cv-02498-SB-JC

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v.

JASMIN KHOSHN,

Defendant.

Plaintiff, a pretrial detainee, filed a pro se complaint against his assigned public defender in Ventura County, California, alleging that she committed “legal malpractice” in failing to obtain his release or an affordable bail reduction. Dkt. No. 1. Because he has requested to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP), the Court must screen his complaint to determine if he fails to state a claim. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2); see also Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1129 (9th Cir. 2000). For the following reasons, his complaint is dismissed.

Plaintiff is a pretrial detainee housed in the medical unit of a Ventura County jail because of his disabilities. Dkt. No. 1 at 2, 4. He asked his assigned public defender, Defendant Jasmin Khoshn2 to move to dismiss the charges against him or request that his $1 million bail be lowered. Id. at 4–5. Plaintiff alleges that she refused his request, telling him that “what [he] did is really bad so [she is] not going to even ask for that.” Id. at 4–5. He filed…