Cleveland v. United States Department of Agriculture

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TIMOTHY CLEVELAND, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-01140-NONE-JLT ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER DISMISSING THE COMPLAINT WITH ) LEAVE TO AMEND v. ) ) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ) AGRICULTURE, et al., ) ) Defendants. )

Timothy Cleveland seeks to proceed in forma pauperis1 in this action against the United States Department of Agriculture and George Ervin Purdue, Secretary of Agriculture. (Docs. 1, 5.) The United States District Court for the District of Nevada previously screened the original complaint and dismissed with leave to amend. (Doc. 3.) Plaintiff filed an amended complaint on August 23, 2019. (Doc. 5.) The District of Nevada transferred the matter to this Court on August 13, 2020. (Doc. 6.) Plaintiff alleges that he applied for a USDA loan related to his “avian egg production operation” in Kern County, California, and on August 20, 2015, his application was denied. (Doc. 5 at 4.) According to…