(PS) Noeldner v. United States Government

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JONATHAN LYNN NOELDNER, No. 2:19-cv-0775 KJM DB PS

ANGELA TEARLE NOELDNER,

12 Plaintiffs, ORDER v. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, et al., 16 Defendants. 18 Plaintiffs Jonathan Noeldner and Angela Noeldner are proceeding in this action pro se. This matter was referred to the undersigned in accordance with Local Rule 302(c)(21) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). On May 2, 2019, plaintiffs filed a complaint and plaintiff Jonathan Noeldner filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF Nos. 1 & 2.) Plaintiffs’ complaint alleges that the defendants are responsible for a forest fire that damaged plaintiffs’ property. Plaintiffs’ complaint, however, is signed only by plaintiff Jonathan Noeldner. (Compl. (ECF No. 1) at 5.) Plaintiffs are advised that the right to represent oneself pro se is personal and does not extend to other parties. Simon v. Hartford Life, Inc., 546 F.3d 661, 664 (9th Cir. 2008); see also Russell v. United States, 308 F.2d 78, 79…