Pittman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RANDY DEWAYNE PITTMAN, Case No. 25-cv-07707-PCP

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING CASE

v.

SITEMETRIC, LLC., Defendant.

12 Pro se plaintiff Randy Dewayne Pittman filed this action against his former employer Sitemetric, LLC, alleging that Sitemetric terminated him in retaliation for on-the-job speech. Mr. Pittman has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis—i.e., without paying the otherwise mandatory filing fee to initiate a lawsuit. For the reasons below, the Court grants Mr. Pittman’s application. As required by 28 U.S.C § 1915(e)(2), the Court also screens Mr. Pittman’s complaint and dismisses it with leave to amend. BACKGROUND This case arises out of Mr. Pittman’s former employment by defendant Sitemetric, LLC, a private business incorporated in Delaware. Mr. Pittman’s complaint alleges that soon after he began working for Sitemetric, he sent two “motivational” emails to a large group of coworkers. He also “improved his…