Muhammad

1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 5 DERRICK MUHAMMAD, Case No. 25-cv-04952-WHO

6 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR A

7 v. MORE DEFINITE STATEMENT AND

DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO SUBMIT

8 CREDENCE RESOURCE AMENDED COMPLAINT

MANAGEMENT, LLC,

9 Re: Dkt. No. 4, 7, 8 Defendant.

10 Pro se plaintiff Derrick Muhammad filed the underlying complaint in the Small Claims 11 Court of the Superior Court of California, County of Pittsburg, on May 1, 2025. Dkt. No. 1-1 12 (Form Complaint for Small Claims Court). The complaint contains few factual allegations. 13 Muhammad alleges that defendant Credence Resource Management, LLC (“CRM”) is liable for 14 “[d]efamation of character, credit worthiness, credit standing [and] reputation by reporting 15 inaccurate erroneous and fraudulent information on [Muhammad’s] credit file.” Dkt. No. 101, at p. 16 2. He claims that CRM “violat[ed] [his] rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair 17 Debt Collections Act.” Id. But the only other detail…