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affirming dismissal of suit by persons alleging to be sovereign citizens not subject to the laws of Illinois
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No. 11-1585.
After examining the briefs and record, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. Thus, the appeal is submitted on the briefs and record. See FED. R. APP. P. 34(a)(2)(c).
Decided November 23, 2011.
Before RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge DAVID F. HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division No. 10 C 5246.
ORDER
Airrion Blake-Bey, Airrion Blake-Bey II, Anita Blake-Bey, and Lovie Hunter-El are adherents of the Moorish Science Temple of America and were born in Cook County, Illinois. In this pro se lawsuit, they claim that the county has enslaved them by creating birth certificates which falsely imply they are Americans rather than citizens of a Moroccan Empire that spans the Western Hemisphere, Africa, and the mythical Atlantis. The plaintiffs demand varied relief, including $5 billion. The district court dismissed their complaint, and rightly so because the suit is too frivolous to have invoked the court's subject-matter jurisdiction. See Hagans v. Lavine, 415 U.S. 528, 536 (1974); In re African-American Slave Descendants Lit., 471 F.3d 754, 757 (7th Cir. 2006); Crowley Cutlery Co. v. United States, 849 F.2d 273, 276 (7th Cir. 1988).