Sadorra v. Starlight Dunes Hoa

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: May 27, 2025
• Docket: 24-1754
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 27 2025 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DENNIS D. SADORRA, No. 24-1754 D.C. No. 5:24-cv-00396-JGB-DTB Plaintiff - Appellant,

v. MEMORANDUM*

STARLIGHT DUNES HOA; DESERT RESORT MANAGMENT ASSOCIA; LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY; PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INS. CO; JAY BROWN; MARTIN BONAFEDE; MARK SUSSMAN; IBRIHIM, Doctor; JERALD CAVARETTO; DAVID NICK Esquire; DANIELLE WAKEFIELD Esquire; DELPHI LAW GROUP, LLP; HAIGHT BROWN & BONESTEEL, LLP; KLINEDINST, PC; STILLWATER INSURANCE COMPANY; KIRA KLATCHKO, Judge,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Jesus G. Bernal, District Judge, Presiding

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Submitted May 21, 2025**

Before: SILVERMAN, LEE, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

Dennis D. Sadorra appeals pro se from the district court’s order denying his

request to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) and dismissing his Racketeering

Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) action. We have jurisdiction

under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion the denial of leave

to proceed IFP. Rodriguez v. Steck, 795 F.3d 1187, 1188 (9th Cir. 2015). We

affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Sadorra’s IFP

request because Sadorra failed to allege facts sufficient to state a plausible claim

and the complaint is frivolous. See Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (to

avoid dismissal, “a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as

true, to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face” (citation and internal

quotation marks omitted)); Denton v. Hernandez, 504 U.S. 25, 33 (1992)

(explaining that a claim may be dismissed as frivolous “when the facts alleged rise

to the level of the irrational or the wholly incredible”); see also 18 U.S.C. 1961(1)

(defining racketeering activity); Sanford v. MemberWorks, Inc., 625 F.3d 550, 557,

559 (9th Cir. 2010) (setting forth elements of a civil RICO claim and explaining

** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

2 24-1754 that to plead a RICO conspiracy claim, the plaintiff must first adequately plead a

substantive violation of RICO).

Appellees’ motions for judicial notice (Docket Entry Nos. 12, 16, 22) are

denied as unnecessary.

AFFIRMED.

3 24-1754