MARCO A. HERNÁNDEZ, District Judge.
Pro se Plaintiff Natache Rinegard-Guirma brings this action against Defendant Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC. Plaintiff moves to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court grants the motion. However, for the reasons explained below, the Court dismisses the complaint. In addition, Plaintiff moves for a restraining order and preliminary injunction. Because the Court dismisses the complaint, Plaintiff's motions are moot.
A complaint filed in forma pauperis may be dismissed at any time, including before service of process, if the court determines that:
28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2);
As the Ninth Circuit has instructed, however, courts must "continue to construe pro se filings liberally."
Plaintiff filed her complaint on June 6, 2016. Compl., ECF 2. She alleges federal jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship and an amount in controversy in excess of $75,000.
The complaint, including attachments, is 98 pages long. However, it does not contain any claims. Rather, Plaintiff includes 20 pages narrating the history of foreclosure proceedings on her home and over 75 pages of documents related to other cases involving Plaintiff and proceedings in seemingly unrelated cases. As for relief sought, Plaintiff seeks "a Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction to enjoin Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC and any other Entity or Person, from any attempt to seize Plaintiff's home in any manner, until the important issues in this Complaint can be fully Judged."
"The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure describe `a liberal system of notice pleading.'"
"[T]he pleading standard Rule 8 announces does not require detailed factual allegations, but it demands more than an unadorned, the-defendant-unlawfully-harmed-me accusation."
The complaint "must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face[,]" meaning "factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged."
Plaintiff fails to assert any statement, much less a "short and plain statement," of her claims. Thus, the complaint fails to state a claim under
The Court must decide whether to grant Plaintiff leave to amend her complaint.
However, the Court issues two warnings to Plaintiff as she contemplates amending her complaint. First, as Plaintiff herself notes, "Plaintiff has made several filings in Oregon State Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon Supreme Court[,] Federal Bankruptcy Court[,] and Federal District Court[.]" Compl. 14. In at least one of Plaintiff's cases in this District, Plaintiff was issued a "Pre-filing Review Order," in which it was ordered that all filings by Plaintiff shall be reviewed by this Court and ordered filed only if such filings are deemed not frivolous or repetitive.
Second, to the extent the Court is able to understand Plaintiff's complaint, she appears to challenge the Oregon Supreme Court's "Order Denying Review" of the trial court's decision to enter a Judgment of Foreclosure following trial. Compl. 42. Assuming this is Plaintiff's intent, the Court warns her that her effort will not succeed, because this Court may not adjudicate an action seeking to reverse or nullify a final state court judgment.
Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis [1] is granted, but Plaintiff's complaint [2] is dismissed without prejudice. Any pending motions are denied as moot. If Plaintiff chooses to amend her complaint, she must do so within 30 days of the date below. The Clerk's Office shall withhold issuance of any summons until further order of the Court.
IT IS SO ORDERED.