Hammerlord
Hammerlord v. Elliott
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
7 8 M NORMAN HAMMERLORD, Case No.: 23cv663-JO-KSC 9 Plaintiff, 10 v.
ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS MARA W ELLIOTT, San Diego City
AND DISMISSING COMPLAINT
Attorney, and TODD GLORIA, San Diego City Mayor, 14 Defendants. 15 16 17 On April 12, 2023, pro se Plaintiff M Norman Hammerlord filed a complaint alleging that Defendants San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott and San Diego City Mayor Todd Gloria violated his rights by refusing to give him public records. Dkt. 1 (“Compl.”). Plaintiff also filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). Dkt. 2. For the following reasons, the Court grants Plaintiff’s IFP request and dismisses the complaint in full under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Hammerlord, a victim of two incidents of assault, brings this lawsuit to challenge Defendants’ refusal to provide him with the public records relating to those events. See Compl. Plaintiff, a 78-year-old veteran living in San Diego,…