Opinion
23-cv-04836-VC
12-04-2023
STEVEN ROBERT MASON, Plaintiff, v. ISMAIL J. RAMSEY, et al., Defendants.
ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT
RE: DKT. NOS. 6, 10
VINCE CHHABRIA United States District Judge
The motion to dismiss is granted. It is entirely unclear from the complaint what legal claims or factual narrative are asserted. The twenty-page complaint describes a series of statutory provisions, Latin legal principles, and court cases-none of those authorities are connected to facts that would entitle Mason to any relief. Thus, given that the complaint is “obviously frivolous,” the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction. Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment, 523 U.S. 83, 89 (1998). The dismissal is without leave to amend.
Dismissal would also be appropriate based on Mason's failure to file an opposition to two motions to dismiss: one from the federal defendants and one from defendant Smentana. Dkt. Nos. 6 & 10. The deadlines to respond have long since passed. It is unclear whether Mason is receiving mail from the Court, as recent filings that have been sent to him were returned as undeliverable. See Dkt. Nos. 21, 22, 23, 24 & 25.
IT IS SO ORDERED.