Nayrika Debora Masjedi v. United States of America

I. INTRODUCTION

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20 On November 5, 2020, Nayrika Debora Masjedi (“Plaintiff’), a California resident 21 proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights complaint against the United States of America, President 22 Donald J. Trump, Governor Gavin Newsom, the State of California, and 50 unnamed Doe 23 Defendants (collectively, “Defendants”) in the Superior Court of the State of California for the 24 County of Los Angeles. (Dkt. No. 1-1 (“Complaint”).) On March 30, 2021, Defendants filed 25 a Notice of Removal of Civil Action in this Court and attached Plaintiff’s state court complaint. 26 (Dkt. No. 1.) Plaintiff challenges aspects of the State and Federal response to the COVID-19 27 pandemic. (See generally Complaint.) 28 // 1 Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) a trial court may dismiss a claim sua 2 sponte and without notice “where the claimant cannot possibly win relief.” Omar v. Sea-Land 3 Serv., Inc., 813 F.2d 986, 991 (9th Cir. 1987); see also Sparling v. Hoffman Constr. Co., 864 4 F.2d 635, 638 (9th Cir. 1988) (same); Baker v. Director, U.S. Parole Comm’n, 916 F.2d 725, 5 726 (D.C. Cir. 1990) (per curiam) (adopting Ninth Circuit’s position in Omar and…