Brandon Che Lee v. FCI TI Warden

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL Case No. CV 19-6117-DMG (KS) Date: August 19, 2019 Title Brandon Che Lee v. FCI TI Warden et al

Present: The Honorable: Karen L. Stevenson, United States Magistrate Judge Gay Roberson N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder Attorneys Present for Plaintiffs: Attorneys Present for Defendants: Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: DISMISSAL On July 16, 2019, Plaintiff, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a “criminal complaint.” (Dkt. No. 1.) The complaint does not identify the relief Plaintiff seeks or the laws or constitutional provisions that Plaintiff believes have been violated. (See generally id.) Plaintiff states that he is suing the Warden at the Federal Correctional Institute – Terminal Island (“FCI- TI”) and, inter alia, “Trust Fund, uninformed person, Staff Wong, Kitchen Staff Williamson, and Administrator . . . and all the staff who involved in this Complaint.” (Complaint at 1) (errors in original). The vast majority of the allegations contained in the six-page Complaint concern fellow inmates either poisoning Plaintiff’s food or “fumbl[ing] [their] penis[es]” in front of him as well as automated phone messages that Plaintiff received when he tried to call relatives. (Id.) Private individuals like Plaintiff may not prosecute crimes in civil actions. See Linda R.S. v. Richard D., 410 U.S. 614, 619 (1973) (“[A] private citizen lacks a judicially cognizable interest in the prosecution or nonprosecution of another.”); see also Machin v. Costas, No. CIV 09-444 IEG WVG, 2009 WL 3839325, at *10 (S.D. Cal. Nov. 16, 2009) (“there is no question that Plaintiff has no private cause of action for violations of state criminal laws under § 1983”). Further, because it is unclear from the Complaint whom Plaintiff is suing, the number of claims he is asserting, and the factual and legal basis for those claims, the Complaint violates Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and is subject to dismissal for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. See FED. R. CIV. P. 8; United States ex rel. Cafasso v. Gen. Dynamics C4 Sys., Inc., 637 F.3d 1047, 1059 (9th Cir. 2011) (complaint violates Rules 8 if a defendant would have difficulty understanding and responding to it); see also 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) (Congress requires district courts to dismiss civil rights complaints brought by prisoners if the court determines that the complaint, or any portion thereof, fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted).

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL Case No. CV 19-6117-DMG (KS) Date: August 19, 2019 Title Brandon Che Lee v. FCI TI Warden et al Also on July 16, 2019, the Court notified Plaintiff that he had failed to pay the filing fee and had not filed a request to proceed in forma pauperis. (Dkt. No. 2.) More than two weeks have now passed, and Plaintiff has not responded to the Court’s notification. Accordingly, because Plaintiff has neither paid the filing fee nor obtained authorization to proceed without prepayment of the fee, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff shall show cause, no later than September 9, 2019, why the action should not be dismissed.

To that end, the Clerk is directed to send Plaintiff a copy of the Central District’s civil rights complaint form (CV-66) and a copy of the Central District’s form Request to Proceed Without Prepayment of Filing Fees with Declaration in Support (CV-60P). To discharge this Order and proceed with his case, Plaintiff must either: (1) pay the $400 filing fee in full; or (2) file the completed forms, and the necessary documentation, with the Court on or before the September 9, 2019 deadline.

Plaintiff’s failure to timely comply with this Order will result in a recommendation of dismissal of his case.1 IT IS SO ORDERED. : Initials of Preparer gr This is Plaintiff’s fifth lawsuit involving the same set of allegations that he has filed in this Court in the past year. See Brandon Che Lee v. Unknown, No. 2:18-cv-09828-DMG-KS (Mar. 5, 2019); Brandon Che Lee v. Warden et al, No. 2:19-cv-02811-DMG-KS (Jun. 17, 2019); Brandon Che Lee v. Warden et al, No. 2:19-cv-04865-DMG-KS; Brandon Lee v. Unknown, 2:19-cv-05503-DMG-KS. In all of these prior cases, Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee or request to proceed in forma pauperis. Two of these prior cases have been dismissed, and the Court has issued an Orders to Show Cause re: Dismissal in the other two.