Yassein

I. BACKGROUND

23 On August 30, 2021, Plaintiff Younes Yassein (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se, 24 filed a “Freedom of Information Act Complaint” in which Plaintiff seeks to “discover if a 25 law enforcement officer in Colorado offered a false instrument for filing by ascertaining 26 whether or not that officer actually filed a document that he claimed he did.” ECF No. 1 27 at 1. Although the Complaint is not absolutely clear, it appears that the Complaint stems from an alleged search and seizure by a “state law enforcement officer” named Mike Miller. Id. at 3. According to the Complaint, Officer Miller stopped Plaintiff, presumably while Plaintiff was in his car, and searched Plaintiff’s passenger compartment. Id. Officer Miller then ran Plaintiff’s information through the “El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) [and] [d]uring the check, [Miller] was informed that [Plaintiff] had an active DEA drug related [sic] case.” Id. Plaintiff asserts that there was not such an “active case” and contends that Officer Miller therefore “committed a felony in his report” by stating that an active case existed based on the check. Id. Plaintiff further alleges…