Nordheim

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 San Francisco Division 11 ODIN NORDHEIM, Case No. 25-cv-04781-LB

12 Plaintiff,

SCREENING ORDER

13 v. Re: ECF No. 1 14 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK N.A., 15 Defendant. 16 17 INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT 18 Plaintiff Odin Nordheim, who is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, sued defendant JP 19 Morgan Chase Bank, alleging discrimination based on his disability and asylum status and 20 financial-disclosure violations, with resulting harm to his emotional wellbeing and his credit 21 rating, generally because Chase closed his bank account and refused to reopen it. When he tried to 22 deposit and withdraw funds from his Chase account, a Chase teller humiliated him by questioning 23 him publicly. A security guard approached him aggressively, which made him feel unsafe. Chase 24 then closed his account without notice, issued him a check for his account balance of $77.56, and 25 did not respond to his requests for an apology or explanation.1 The…