Jeffery Hersey v. Westlake Financial Services, et al.

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JEFFERY HERSEY, Case No. 25-cv-07282-NW 8 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND 9 v. RECOMMENDATION 10 WESTLAKE FINANCIAL SERVICES, et Re: ECF No. 7 al., 11 Defendants. 12 13 On August 28, 2025, self-represented Plaintiff Jeffery Hersey sued Westlake Financial 14 Services (“Westlake”) and two Westlake employees.1 Compl., ECF No. 1. In addition, Plaintiff 15 filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). ECF No. 2. Magistrate Judge 16 DeMarchi denied Plaintiff’s IFP application without prejudice. 28 U.S.C. §…