Mehboob Shah v. Desert Auto Group V LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
7 8 BILAL MEHBOOB, Case No.: 23cv1073-JO-BGS 9 Plaintiff, 10 v.
ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
DESERT AUTO GROUP V LLC,
AND DISMISSING COMPLAINT
13 Defendants. 14 15 16 17 On June 8, 2023, pro se Plaintiff Bilal Mehboob filed a complaint alleging that his former employer, Defendant Desert Auto Group V LLC (“Desert Auto”), discriminated against him and retaliated against him for complaining about that discrimination. Dkt. 1 (“Compl.”). Plaintiff also filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) and a motion to appoint counsel. Dkts. 2–3. For the following reasons, the Court grants Plaintiff’s IFP request, dismisses his complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), and denies his motion to appoint counsel as moot. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, a former employee of Desert Auto, alleges that the company discriminated against him and then unlawfully terminated him in retaliation for complaining about that discrimination. See Compl. at 2.…