Opinion
Civil Action No. 11 9510.
March 10, 2011
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter is before the Court on plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis and pro se complaint. The application will be granted, and the complaint will be dismissed.
Plaintiff alleges that he "was falsely arrest[ed] by the border patrol" on July 18, 2009, and that he remains in custody "because of perjured testimony given by the agents." Compl. at 5. He further alleges that "[a]t no time during [his] arrest [were his] Miranda rights read to [him]," in violation of his constitutional rights. Id. He demands "actual compensate [sic] for false imprisonment and mental and emotional stress [i]n the amount of 3 million dollars." Id.
Because plaintiff's claims go to the fact of his incarceration, he cannot recover damages in this civil rights action without showing that his confinement has been invalidated by "revers[al] on direct appeal, expunge[ment] by executive order, declar[ation of invalidity] by a state tribunal authorized to make such determination, or . . . a federal court's issuance of a writ of habeas corpus." Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 486-87 (1994); accord White v. Bowie, 194 F.3d 175 (D.C. Cir. 1999) (table). Plaintiff has not satisfied this prerequisite.
This action will be dismissed under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) and 1915A(b)(1) because the complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief can granted. An Order is issued separately.
DATE: March 10, 2011