Cuttino Jr. v. Walmart Western Union

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 MAURICE CUTTINO JR., Case No. 23-cv-1111-BAS-JLB 11 Plaintiff, ORDER: 12 v. 1. GRANTING MOTION FOR

WALMART WESTERN UNION, LEAVE TO PROCEED IN

FORMA PAUPERIS (ECF No. 3); Defendant.

15 2. SCREENING PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(E); AND

17 3. DENYING AS MOOT MOTION

TO APPOINT COUNSEL (ECF

No. 2) 20 Plaintiff Maurice Cuttino Jr., proceeding pro se, files this action against Defendant Walmart Western Union. The Complaint alleges violations of the Privacy Act of 1974, “First Amendment defamation,” slander, “seditious libel,” and fraud. (Compl. 2–4, ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff also files an application seeking leave to proceed without prepaying fees or costs, also known as proceeding in forma pauperis (“IFP”), (IFP Mot., ECF No. 3) and a motion to appoint counsel (ECF No. 2). For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s application to proceed IFP (ECF No. 3),…