Garrison
Steve Garrison v. U.S. Judicial Commission, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STEVE GARRISON, Case No. 25-cv-00866-EKL
Plaintiff,
ORDER DISMISSING CASE
v. WITHOUT LEAVE TO AMEND
U.S. JUDICIAL COMMISSION, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 1, 2 Defendants.
12 Self-represented Plaintiff Steve Garrison filed this action and an application to proceed in forma pauperis. See ECF No. 1 (“Complaint”), No. 2 (“IFP Application”). Having considered Plaintiff’s IFP application, the application is GRANTED. In this Order, the Court screens the complaint and finds that it must be dismissed with prejudice for failure to state a claim. I. BACKGROUND Garrison claims that three cases he previously filed in the Northern District of California “were dismissed [without] a summons” and “in violation of FRCP 4.” Compl. at 3-4. Garrison contends that issuance and service of a summons was mandatory in his prior cases, id. at 4, and that only a grand jury can dismiss a case, id. at 7. Garrison seeks $2.5 billion in damages, ECF No.…