Bacdayan
Yu Hin Chan v. Karen May Bacdayan et al
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 YU HIN CHAN, No. 2:25-cv-2692-DC-SCR Plaintiff, v. ORDER KAREN MAY BACDAYAN et al, Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se in this action, which was accordingly referred to the undersigned. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff has filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) and has submitted a declaration listing his income and expenses and averring an inability to pay the costs of this proceeding. ECF No. 2; see 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). The motion to proceed IFP will therefore be granted. However, in screening Plaintiff’s Complaint, as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), the Court concludes that it fails to state a claim, or to establish that personal jurisdiction and venue lie in this District. For the reasons below, Plaintiff is granted leave to amend the Complaint to include factual allegations supporting his claim and supporting venue and personal jurisdiction. I. …