Shteynberg

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RUDOLF SHTEYNBERG, Case No. 22-cv-00959-BAS-JLB

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION FOR LEAVE TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

HON. JANIS L. SAMMARTINO, (ECF No. 4) AND DISMISSING CASE Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Rudolf Shteynberg is proceeding pro se—without an attorney. He filed a complaint on June 29, 2022 against the Honorable District Judge Janis Sammartino of the Southern District of California. (Compl., ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff’s complaint seeks relief from an order that Judge Sammartino issued in an unspecified case in which Plaintiff was presumably a party. (Id. § III.) In particular, he requests the “appointment of either counsel or judge in same ethnicity/background.” (Id.) Plaintiff also filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”)—without prepaying court fees or costs. (Mot., ECF No. 4.) For the following reasons, the Court DENIES Plaintiffs’ motion to…