Jerome L. Grimes v. Inglewood Memorial Cemetery

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WESTERN DIVISION 11 JEROME L. GRIMES, et al., ) Case No. 2:25-cv-08211-HDV-JDE ) 12 Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY 13 v. ) THIS ACTION SHOULD NOT BE ) 14 INGLEWOOD MEMORIAL ) DISMISSED UNDER 28 U.S.C. ) § 1915(g) CEMETERY, et al., ) 15 ) Defendants. ) 16 17 On August 20, 2025, the Court received from Jerome L. Grimes 18 (“Plaintiff”), a detainee at Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility, located in 19 Banning, California, proceeding pro se and seeking leave to proceed in forma 20 paupers (“IFP”) (Dkt. 2), a civil complaint, purportedly on his own behalf and 21 on behalf of three persons, that appears to assert several claims against several 22 defendants, the precise nature of which are unclear. Dkt. 1 (“Complaint”). 23 In the Complaint, Plaintiff refers to a previous lawsuit in the United 24 States District Court for the Northern District of California (“NDCA) against 25 Nathanial Johnson. Id. at 11 (CM/ECF pagination). A review of the NDCA…