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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE
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JEROME JULIUS BROWN, SR.,1
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NO. C19-1311RSL
Plaintiff,
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v. ORDER OF DISMISSAL
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WILLIAM P. BARR, et al.,
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Defendants.
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This matter comes before the Court on plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma
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pauperis (Dkt. # 1), his proposed complaint (Dkt. # 1-1), and the Report and Recommendation
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of the Honorable Mary Alice Theiler, United States Magistrate Judge (Dkt. # 4). Plaintiff has not
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17 objected or otherwise responded to the Report and Recommendation.2
18 Having reviewed the record as a whole under the standards articulated in 28 U.S.C.
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§ 1915(e)(2) and having construed the allegations of the complaint liberally (see Bernhardt v.
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Los Angeles County, 339 F.3d 920, 925 (9th Cir. 2003)), the Court finds that plaintiff’s
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complaint is deficient and cannot be cured by amendment. Plaintiff’s allegations show that
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24 1 The record in this matter identifies the plaintiff as both “Sr.” and “Jr.” Although the signature
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complaint and other documents in the record clearly identify Mr. Brown as “Sr.”
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2 Plaintiff filed a notice of change of address on October 21, 2019. Dkt. # 13. The Report and
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1 venue is improper in this district and do not state facts giving rise to a plausible inference of
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liability for any of the named defendants. The Court therefore adopts Judge Theiler’s
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recommendation: this matter is hereby DISMISSED without prejudice.
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5 Dated this 27th day of November, 2019.
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7 Robert S. Lasnik
United States District Judge
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