Jermaine Howard v. Lucy Pearl

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

SEP 20 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JERMAINE JEVON HOWARD, No. 20-55959

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-05880-MWF-MRW v.

LUCY PEARL; et al., MEMORANDUM*

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Michael W. Fitzgerald, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted September 14, 2021**

Before: PAEZ, NGUYEN, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

Jermaine Jevon Howard appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment

dismissing pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) his copyright infringement action.

We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Watison v.

Carter, 668 F.3d 1108, 1112 (9th Cir. 2012). We reverse and remand.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). The district court dismissed Howard’s copyright…