Nordin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JASON NICHOLAS NORDIN, Case No. 3:21-cv-04717-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE IFP APPLICATION AND

v. DISMISSING COMPLAINT

STUART JEREMIAH SCOTT, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 1, 2 Defendants.

12 Pro se plaintiff Jason Nicholas Nordin filed a complaint alleging claims under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, and the First, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The complaint is based on divorce, child custody, and domestic violence proceedings in the family law department of the Santa Clara Superior Court. Dkt. No. 1. Nordin has named as defendants the Superior Court judge presiding over the family law actions, his ex-wife and her lawyer and boyfriend, and an attorney appointed to represent his minor children. Nordin has asked to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP). Dkt. No. 2. The request is denied, and the complaint is dismissed. IFP requests are evaluated under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, and the first question is whether the plaintiff’s financial…