Analia Martinez v. McKinleyville School District, et al.

• Court: District Court, N.D. California
• Decided: October 14, 2025
• Docket: 5:25-cv-07982
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EUREKA DIVISION 7 8 ANALIA MARTINEZ, Case No. 25-cv-07982-RMI 9 Plaintiff, MANDATORY SCREENING 10 v. ORDER PURSUANT TO 28 USC 1915 11 MCKINLEYVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 14 Plaintiff Martinez, proceeding pro se, brings this action seeking declaratory, injunctive and 15 monetary relief against at least 18 named Defendants: McKinleyville School District, Julie 16 Giannini-Previde, Jeff Brock, Gretchn Whitmer, Vincent Weldon, Yasmin Reyes, Tiffany Maher, 17 Jasmine Palacio, Elizabeth Rivera, Alvin Sager, Keri Lockard, Tomas Chavez, Travis Fleming, 18 Devin Furrow, Tracy Helard, Laura Holdt, Nicole Alvarado, Nicholas Som, and DOES 1-50, 19 inclusive. See Compl. (Dkt. 1) at 1-4. The court previously granted Plaintiff’s application to 20 proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915, (dkt. 4) and now 21 considers whether Plaintiff’s Complaint must be amended or dismissed pursuant to the 22 requirements of § 1915(e)(2)(B). 23 A complaint may fail to state a claim if it violates the pleading requirements of the Federal 24 Rules of Civil Procedure. See Cafasso, U.S. ex rel. v. Gen. Dynamics C4 Sys., Inc., 637 F.3d 1047, 25 1058 (9th Cir. 2011). Rule 8 of the Federal Rules requires “a short and plain statement of the 26 claim” and that “each allegation” in the complaint “be simple, concise, and direct.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 27 Rule 8(a)(2), 8(d)(1). When a plaintiff sues multiple defendants, the complaint “must allege the 1 requires a short and plain statement of the claim to put defendants on sufficient notice of the 2 allegations against them.” Gauvin v. Trombatore, 682 F.Supp. 1067, 1071 (N.D. Cal. 1988); see 3 also Dougherty v. Bank of Am., N.A., 177 F. Supp. 3d 1230, 1253 (E.D. Cal. 2016) (same). 4 Here, while Plaintiff’s Complaint alleges six causes of action against at least 18 discrete 5 Defendants, she does not specify “which allegations are relevant to which defendants.” McHenry 6 v. Renne, 84 F.3d 1172, 1176, 1179 (9th Cir. 1996). For example, aside from noting that Yasmin 7 Reyes was employed “during the 2023-2024 school year as a second-grade teacher and is sued in 8 both individual and official capacities”, Plaintiff alleges no further facts about this teacher. Compl. 9 (Dkt. 1) at 1-3. Similarly, while Tiffany Maher, Vincent Weldon, Deven Furrow, Nicholas Som 10 are named defendants, there are no allegations made against them. Id. at 1-4. 11 In addition, Plaintiff’s Complaint contains multiple seemingly bizarre and unrelated 12 assertions that are not linked to specific defendants. See, e.g. id. at 5 (alleging that Plaintiff was 13 arrested for “‘taking pictures of naked kids’” on a school campus and that a 7.0 earthquake 14 occurred in December 2024). These assertions concern the court that Plaintiff’s claims may also 15 be frivolous or simply fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. In any event, as 16 pleaded, Plaintiff’s Complaint does “not afford defendants a fair opportunity” to defend 17 themselves and does not satisfy the Rule 8 pleading requirements. See McHenry, 84 F.3d at 1175. 18 Accordingly, dismissal is appropriate. However, because this is Plaintiff’s first attempt, the 19 court will give Plaintiff an opportunity to file an amended complaint. Plaintiff is reminded that any 20 amended complaint should state a “short and plain” claim for relief, and that her allegations should 21 be “simple, direct, and concise.” See Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 8(a), 8(d)(1). Plaintiff is also reminded 22 that the amended complaint must provide defendants notice of what legal claims are asserted 23 against which defendants. McHenry, 84 F.3d 1172 at 1175-76. 24 CONCLUSION 25 For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff is ORDERED to file an amended complaint in 26 accordance with this order. Plaintiff shall have 30 days from the date of this order to file an 27 amended complaint. Should Plaintiff fail to timely file an amended complaint the undersigned will 1 IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 Dated: October 14, 2025

4 ROBERT M. ILLMAN 5 United States Magistrate Judge 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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