Mourning
Mourning v. Batemen
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEFFREY L. MOURNING Case No. 21-cv-01396-BAS-LL
Plaintiff,
ORDER DISMISSING PLAINTIFF’S
v. ACTION FOR FAILURE TO SHOW
CAUSE
MILDRED S. BATEMAN, et al.,
Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, commenced this action under the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201, et seq., alleging, in essence, that Defendants fraudulently represented to a United States District Court that Plaintiff’s name is “Jeffrey Lee Whitetower,” whom Plaintiff alleges is listed on the “national most wanted” list “as a serial rapist.” (Compl., ECF No. 1.) On September 7, 2021, this Court dismissed the Complaint with leave to amend, concluding that Plaintiff failed to comply with the pleading requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule 8”) given the disjointed and incomplete nature of his allegations and that Plaintiff did not state a cognizable claim for relief. (Dismissal…