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Bettis v. Paulson

United States District Court, D. Columbia
Feb 4, 2009
Civil Action No. 09 0285 (D.D.C. Feb. 4, 2009)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 09 0285.

February 4, 2009


MEMORANDUM OPINION


This matter comes before the Court on consideration of plaintiff's pro se complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court will grant the application to proceed in forma pauperis and dismiss the complaint.

Plaintiff, Kirell Francis Bettis, is a prisoner incarcerated in California's Kern Valley State Prison. With the exception of the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, the defendants are California agencies, cities, or state or local employees involved in the criminal justice system. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is a foreign sovereign whose attempt to invoke the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in defense of his state court criminal prosecution was wrongfully thwarted. The complaint does not provide any indication of how the United States Secretary of the Treasury is connected to this case.

It is unclear whether the plaintiff intended to name the United States as a defendant, or to merely indicate that the United States is the place where the other defendants reside. If the United States is intended as a defendant, the complaint does not disclose any connection between the United States and the factual allegations.

This complaint presents precisely the sort of incoherent, "fantastic or delusional scenarios" that warrant dismissal. Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 328 (1989). Accordingly, this complaint will be dismissed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) (requiring dismissal of frivolous complaints).

An appropriate order accompanies this memorandum opinion.


Summaries of

Bettis v. Paulson

United States District Court, D. Columbia
Feb 4, 2009
Civil Action No. 09 0285 (D.D.C. Feb. 4, 2009)
Case details for

Bettis v. Paulson

Case Details

Full title:Kirell Francis Bettis, Plaintiff, v. Henry Paulson, Secretary of the…

Court:United States District Court, D. Columbia

Date published: Feb 4, 2009

Citations

Civil Action No. 09 0285 (D.D.C. Feb. 4, 2009)