Sobayo
Sobayo v. Ally Bank
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NATHANIEL BASOLA SOBAYO, Case No. 20-cv-08470-SI
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IFP AND
v. DISMISSING COMPLAINT WITHOUT
PREJUDICE
ALLY BANK, et al., Dkt. No. 2, 8 Defendants.
12 On November 25, 2020, plaintiff filed the instant action seeking damages from defendants who allegedly stole or wrongfully repossessed plaintiff’s 2011 black Cadillac Escalade. Dkt. No. 1 at 31. Plaintiff alleges he is entitled to $100,000 in compensatory damages and $10,000,000 in punitive damages. Dkt. No. 1 at 5. Plaintiff also filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Dkt. No. 2. Plaintiff is not currently employed, though he does receive social security and is eligible for COVID-19 relief. Id. However, these amounts barely cover plaintiff’s monthly rent and other living expenses. The Court therefore GRANTS plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. However, in an action in which a plaintiff seeks to proceed in forma…