Ozkan v. Unknown Defendants

Full title: NIKITA OZKAN, Plaintiff, v. UNKNOWN DEFENDANTS, Defendant.

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA

Date published: May 22, 2017

CASE NO. C17-5144RBL (W.D. Wash. May. 22, 2017)

Opinion

CASE NO. C17-5144RBL

05-22-2017

NIKITA OZKAN, Plaintiff, v. UNKNOWN DEFENDANTS, Defendant.

HONORABLE RONALD B. LEIGHTON

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

THIS MATTER is before the Court on Plaintiff Ozkan's proposed amended complaint [Dkt. #3] in support of his application to proceed in forma pauperis [Dkt. #1].

The Court ordered Ozkan to pay the filing fee or file an amended proposed amended complaint addressing a number of deficiencies in his first attempt. [Dkt. #2]. The Document he filed in response is no closer to articulating a plausible claim than was his first complaint.

A district court may permit indigent litigants to proceed in forma pauperis upon completion of a proper affidavit of indigency. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). The court has broad discretion in resolving the application, but "the privilege of proceeding in forma pauperis in civil actions for damages should be sparingly granted." Weller v. Dickson, 314 F.2d 598, 600 (9th Cir. 1963), cert. denied 375 U.S. 845 (1963). Moreover, a court should "deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis at the outset if it appears from the face of the proposed complaint that the action is frivolous or without merit." Tripati v. First Nat'l Bank & Trust, 821 F.2d 1368, 1369 (9th Cir. 1987) (citations omitted); see also 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i). An in forma pauperis complaint is frivolous if "it ha[s] no arguable substance in law or fact." Id. (citing Rizzo v. Dawson, 778 F.2d 527, 529 (9th Cir. 1985); Franklin v. Murphy, 745 F.2d 1221, 1228 (9th Cir. 1984).

Ozkan's proposed amended complaint does not meet this standard. It remains a disorganized collection or words, and it has not identified any single act or defendant or claim. It has no ascertainable "facts;" it does not make sense:

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The document is 28 pages long, but the above sample is representative of the remainder.

The Motion to proceed in forma pauperis is DENIED, and this case is DISMISSED as frivolous on its face. The Clerk shall send the plaintiff a copy of this Order and close the case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated this 22^nd day of May, 2017.

/s/_________

Ronald B. Leighton

United States District Judge