Paul

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 CLARENCE D. JOHNSON, Case No.: 20-CV-2174-JLS (WVG)

Plaintiff,

ORDER: (1) GRANTING MOTION

v. TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS; (2) DISMISSING

POPE FRANCIS PAUL, et al.,

COMPLAINT; AND (3) DENYING

Defendants. MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL

15 (ECF Nos. 1, 2, 3)

17 Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Clarence D. Johnson’s Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) (“IFP Mot.,” ECF No. 2) and Motion to Appoint Counsel (“Mot.,” ECF No. 3). Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, has filed a Complaint against Defendants Pope Francis Paul, Russell Moore, President Obama, President Trump, Mike Pompeo, Senator Kamala Harris, Angela Byers, and members of the United Nations. See generally ECF No. 1 (“Compl.”). Plaintiff claims Defendants committed “crimes in religion over 12 yr period . . . human trafficking crimes, Biblical crimes . . . extortion, conspiracies . . . public kidnappings,” and other unclear…