In re Notice of New Custodial Trustee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MICHAEL LOUIS CASTAGNOLA, Case No. 3:24-cv-01970-JSC

Plaintiff,

DISMISSAL ORDER

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 14 10 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff Michael Louis Castagnola, who is representing himself, initially filed this case as 13 a miscellaneous action. See Case No. 24-mc-80050. It was reassigned to the undersigned judge as 14 related to earlier action, 19-8290 JSC, which had been dismissed in 2020. The Court then 15 reviewed the action and concluded it was misclassified and should be opened as a regular civil 16 action. (Dkt. No. 8.) The Court thus ordered the case reclassified and the miscellaneous filing fee 17 refunded to Plaintiff. (Id.) On April 1, 2024, the Clerk mailed Plaintiff a copy of the civil case 18 opening documents including the form for a filing a civil complaint and directed Plaintiff to pay 19 the $405 filing fee or file an application to proceed in forma pauperis. (Dkt. No. 10.) Plaintiff 20 thereafter filed two documents, but it was unclear what relief, if any, Plaintiff sought in the filings. 21 (Dkt. Nos. 12, 13.) …