Opinion
Case: 1:16-cv-01988
10-04-2016
Deborah Diane Fletcher, Plaintiff, v. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Defendant.
(F-Deck)
Assigned To : Unassigned
Assign. Date : 10/6/2016
Description: Pro Se Gen. Civil
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, has submitted a complaint and an application to proceed in forma pauperis. The application will be granted, and the complaint will be dismissed. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) (requiring dismissal of a case upon a determination that the complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted).
Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires complaints to contain "(1) a short and plain statement of the grounds for the court's jurisdiction [and] (2) a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief." Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a); see Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678-79 (2009); Ciralsky v. CIA, 355 F.3d 661, 668-71 (D.C. Cir. 2004). In addition, "a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.'" Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678 (quoting Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007)).
Plaintiff, a District of Columbia resident, purports to sue D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, but she describes this action as "a 864 SSDI Title and 152 Recovery of Defaulted Student Loans, sue." Compl. at 1. Plaintiff appears to challenge (1) decisions about her social security benefits, which are administered by the U.S. Social Security Administration, and (2) acts or omissions of the U.S. Department of Education with regard to her defaulted student loans. Neither Mayor Bowser nor the District of Columbia is mentioned in the allegations, and plaintiff has not sued the federal government. Since no claim has been stated against the sole defendant, this case will be dismissed. A separate order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.
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United States District Judge Date: October 4, 2016