Case Name: Jason Paul CHESTER, pro se, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-10-23
Citations: 543 F. App'x 699
Docket Number: No. 12-35688
Parties: Jason Paul CHESTER, pro se, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: FISHER, GOULD, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 543
Pages: 699–700

Head Matter:
Jason Paul CHESTER, pro se, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 12-35688.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 15, 2013.
Filed Oct. 23, 2013.
Jason Paul Chester, Puyallup, WA, pro se.
Christopher Lanese, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General Office, Olympia, WA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: FISHER, GOULD, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jason Paul Chester appeals pro se from the district court's order denying his application to proceed in forma pauperis. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion the denial of leave to proceed in forma pauper-is. Tripoli v. First Nat'l Bank & Trust, 821 F.2d 1368, 1369 (9th Cir.1987). We vacate and remand.
The district court correctly concluded that the operative complaint was without merit because Chester failed to state a cognizable claim. See id. at 1370 ("A district court may deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis at the outset if it appears from the face of the proposed complaint that the action is frivolous or without merit."); see also Barker v. Riverside Cnty. Office of Educ., 584 F.3d 821, 825-27 (9th Cir.2009) (discussing the anti-retaliation provisions of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") and the Rehabilitation Act); O'Guinn v. Lovelock Corr. Ctr., 502 F.3d 1056, 1060 (9th Cir. 2007) (setting forth the elements of a claim for failure to accommodate under Title II of the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act).
However, the court failed to provide Chester, who is pro se, notice of the defects of the complaint and an opportunity to amend. See Tripati, 821 F.2d at 1370 ("[P]ro se plaintiffs proceeding in forma pauperis 'must also be given an opportunity to amend their complaint unless it is absolutely clear that the deficiencies of the complaint could not be cured.' " (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)). Accordingly, we vacate and remand for further proceedings consistent with this disposition.
Defendant's request for judicial notice, filed on November 6, 2012, is denied.
The parties shall bear them own costs on appeal.
VACATED and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.