Marin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

8 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

11 MEL MARIN, Case No.: 21cv1445-JO-MDD 12 Plaintiff, 13 v.

ORDER DISMISSING IN PART

PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT

KRISTINE CATANO; ADELA DE LA

TORRE; VANESSA RUIZ; and JOSEPH

I. CASTRO, in their official and personal

17 capacities; and SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, Defendants. 20 On November 23, 2021, pro se Plaintiff Mel Marin filed a second amended complaint alleging that Defendants discriminated and retaliated against him while he was a student at San Diego State University (“SDSU”). Dkt. 18 (“SAC”). Because he is proceeding in forma pauperis (“IFP”), the Court screened his complaint. For the reasons stated below, Plaintiff’s second amended complaint is dismissed in part under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). /// /// I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Marin,1 a former student at SDSU, initiated this action on August 13, 2021, alleging that SDSU and certain of its employees, Kristine Catano,…