Craft

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTOPHER D. CRAFT,

Case No. 23-cv-01644-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE DISMISSAL ELON MUSK, et al., 10 Defendants.

12 I. INTRODUCTION This case was transferred to this District from the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York (“the New York court”) under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Because the New York court granted Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis application and conducted only a limited review of the complaint addressing where venue should lie, this Court must conduct a review of the merits of Plaintiff’s complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). Marks v. Solcum, 98 F.3d 494, 495 (9th Cir. 1996). The Court has reviewed Plaintiff’s complaint and finds that Plaintiff has failed to state any viable claim. Therefore, Plaintiff is ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why the complaint should not be dismissed. II. ALLEGATIONS OF THE COMPLAINT1 Plaintiff alleges in the Complaint that…