Ortega

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TIM EDWARD ORTEGA, Case No.: 22cv1795GPC(DDL)

Plaintiff,

ORDER SUA SPONTE DISMISSING

v. COMPLAINT WITH LEAVE TO

AMEND

MICHAEL P. SANTOMASSIMO;

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

15 Defendants.

17 On November 16, 2022, Barbara-Susan, as next friend to Plaintiff Tim Edward 18 Ortega, signed and filed a “petition for declaratory judgment and record.” (Dkt. No. 1.) 19 Plaintiff did not sign the complaint. Attached to the complaint are purported documents 20 relating to a power of attorney signed by Plaintiff Tim Edward Ortega in favor of 21 Barbara-Susan. (Dkt. No. 1-2.) 22 Parties may “plead and conduct their own cases personally” or proceed with 23 counsel. 28 U.S.C. § 1654 (“In all courts of the United States the parties may plead and 24 conduct their own cases personally or by counsel as, by the rules of such courts, 25 respectively, are permitted to manage and conduct causes therein.”). The right to proceed 26 pro se in civil cases is a personal privilege and a…