Azucena
Azucena v. Runjyin
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CALEB J. AZUCENA, Case No. 23-cv-03234-HSG
8 Plaintiff, ORDER OF SERVICE; GRANTING
LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA
9 v. PAUPERIS
10 RUNJYIN, Re: Dkt. No. 2 11 Defendant.
12 13 Plaintiff Caleb Azucena brings this Bivens action against the United States Customs and 14 Border Protection agent Runjyin. See Dkt. No. 1. Plaintiff has also filed an application for leave 15 to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. See Dkt. No. 2. For the reasons detailed 16 below, the Court GRANTS the application for in forma pauperis status, orders the United States 17 Marshal to effect service on defendant Runjyin, and sets a briefing schedule. 18 DISCUSSION 19 The Court may authorize the commencement of a civil action in forma pauperis if it is 20 satisfied that the would-be litigant cannot pay the filing fees necessary to pursue the action and 21 that the action states a claim on which relief may be…