Romeo Righteous Hicks v. Raven Gretchen Lee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROMEO RIGHTEOUS HICKS, Case No. EDCV 21-0063 AB (RAO)

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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE

v. SUMMARY DISMISSAL RAVEN GRETCHEN LEE, Defendant. 16 On January 12, 2021, Plaintiff Romeo Righteous Hicks (“Plaintiff”), a prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights complaint (“Complaint”). Compl., Dkt. No. 1. Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee or file a request to proceed in forma pauperis. See Dkt. No. 2. For the following reasons, the Complaint is dismissed without leave to amend. Plaintiff sues his mother, Raven Gretchen Lee (“Defendant Lee”), pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Compl. at 3. The Complaint sets forth a narrative of past events between Plaintiff and his mother, dating back to Plaintiff’s childhood. Section 1983 provides, in part, that: Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State …, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any…