Jolivette
Jolivette v. People of the State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PAUL PATRICK JOLIVETTE, Case No. 19-cv-04213-EMC
Petitioner,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
v. Docket No. 1 PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA,
11 Respondent. 12 Paul Patrick Jolivette, a prisoner at the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo, filed this action seeking a writ of mandamus under 28 U.S.C. § 1651 and applied to proceed in forma pauperis. The action is now before the Court for initial review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, which applies to prisoner actions and requires the court to identify any cognizable claims, and dismiss any claims which are frivolous, malicious, fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seek monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. See id. at § 1915A(b)(1),(2). Pro se pleadings must be liberally construed. See Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dep't, 901 F.2d 696, 699 (9th Cir. 1990). This is a sovereign-citizen sort of action. Mr. Jolivette alleges in his petition that he is …