Muela
Washington v. Muela
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JASON LEVETTE WASHINGTON, Case No. 25-cv-03057-JSC
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: (1) PLAINTIFF’S
9 v. APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN
FORMA PAUPERIS AND SCREENING
10 R. MUELA, THE COMPLAINT’S ADEQUACY AND (2) DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 11 Defendant. FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDER
12 Re: Dkt. Nos. 3, 4 13 14 Plaintiff sues Defendant, an individual police officer, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Bane 15 Act for violating Plaintiff’s constitutional rights. (Dkt. No. 1.)1 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s 16 application to proceed in forma pauperis, (Dkt. No. 2), and his motion for temporary restraining 17 order. (Dkt. No. 3.) Having considered the application, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s 18 application to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court now also screens Plaintiff’s complaint 19 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, and, for the reasons set forth below, DISMISSES the complaint 20 with leave to amend. Further, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s motion for a temporary…