Harper
Harper v. Trumbull
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 PAUL ALLEN HARPER, Case No. 23-cv-02623-HSG
8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S
MOTION TO DISMISS
9 v. Re: Dkt. No. 51 10 PATRICIA V. TRUMBULL, 11 Defendant.
12 13 Pending before the Court is Defendant Patricia Trumbull’s motion to dismiss. Dkt. No. 51. 14 The Court finds this matter appropriate for disposition without oral argument and the matter is 15 deemed submitted. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS 16 the motion, Dkt. No. 51, and TERMINATES the Administrative Motion at Dkt. No. 54.1 17 I. BACKGROUND 18 On May 26, 2023, Plaintiff Paul Harper, representing himself, filed a lawsuit against 19 former Magistrate Judge Patricia V. Trumbull.2 See Dkt. No. 1 (“Compl.”). While the details are 20 murky, Plaintiff appears to bring civil rights claims against Judge Trumbull based on discovery 21 orders she issued in a prior case “in clear absents [sic] of All jurisdiction.”3 See Compl. at 6. 22 After months of…