Daniels

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BRANDON DANIELS, Case No. 25-cv-06720-WHO

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. VACATE REASSIGNMENT AND FOR

ASSIGNMENT TO ANOTHER JUDGE

VERIZON WIRELESS, et al., AND SCREENING AMENDED

COMPLAINT

Defendants. 11 Re: Dkt. No.

12 On September 23, 2025, the Hon. Susan Illston issued an order granting plaintiff Brandon 13 Daniels’s application to proceed in forma pauperis. Dkt. No. 9. Judge Illston also screened the 14 complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B), dismissed it and denied Daniels’ motion for a 15 temporary restraining order. Id. Judge Illston concluded that Daniels failed to state a claim 16 because: (1) it was unclear who the plaintiff in the case was; (2) he repeatedly refused consent to 17 this court’s jurisdiction, despite filing his complaint in this court; (3) he did not state a claim for 18 violation of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) and did not plausibly allege 19 defendants were debt collectors under the FDCPA; (4) defendants were…