Barge

Barge v. Ken Bett's Towing Company

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaJune 8, 20213:21-cv-02558California2,948 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MELISSA BARGE,

Case No. 21-cv-02558-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 9 MARC HORWITZ, et al., 10 Defendants.

12 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Melissa Barge, pro se, applied to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court finds she is indigent and therefore GRANTS the application. The Court now must review the sufficiency of Plaintiff’s Complaint to determine whether it satisfies 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). Because Plaintiff has declined consent to magistrate jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), the undersigned intends to reassign this case to a district judge with a report and recommendation addressing the adequacy of Plaintiff’s claims. For the reasons set forth below, the Court finds that Plaintiff’s claims are insufficiently pled in some respects. Therefore, Plaintiff is ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why this case should not be dismissed in part. II. THE COMPLAINT In the Complaint, Plaintiff alleges that she was stopped by…

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