Campos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 ALBERTO CAMPOS, Case No.: 3:19-cv-01455-BAS-AGS

CDCR #BE-2841,

ORDER:

Plaintiff, 11 vs. (1) GRANTING MOTION

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

K.U.S.I. NEWS MEDIA,

[ECF No. 2] Defendant. 14 (2) DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL [ECF No. 5]

AND

17 (3) DISMISSING COMPLAINT

FOR FAILING TO STATE A CLAIM

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) 20 21 Plaintiff Alberto Campos, currently incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) in San Diego, California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (See “Compl.,” ECF No. 1 at 1.) Plaintiff claims a San Diego news organization defamed him by failing to “tileize” his face when airing a video recording of his sentencing hearing in San Diego Superior Court on August 22, 2017. (Id. at 3–4.) He seeks $80,000 in general and punitive damages. (Id. at 7.) …