Opinion
Civil Action No. 12 0310
02-27-2012
Larry L. Hodge, Plaintiff, v. United States of America, et al., Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter is before the Court on its initial review of plaintiff's pro se complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis. The application will be granted and the case will be dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). Under that statute, the Court is required to dismiss a case "at any time" it determines that the complaint is frivolous.
Plaintiff is a resident of the District of Columbia suing a hodgepodge of defendants, including the United States, the American Bar Association, the American Medical Association, Pfizer, and the Ku Klux Klan ("KKK"). His "general allegations are: the United States of America .. . and the Department of Defense . .., and the Social Security System, is [sic] being duped by a movement controlled by the [KKK]." Compl. at 1. He seeks "a conversation" with Attorney General Eric Holder "to see if the 'USA' wants plaintiff to stand down, or continue my antitrust, economic loss, permanent injunction [] against the co[-]conspirators ... who has [sic] been continuously duped by those on the payroll. . . ." Id. at 5.
A complaint may be dismissed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) as frivolous when, as found here, it describes fantastic or delusional scenarios, or contains "fanciful factual allegation[s]." Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989); see Best v. Kelly, 39 F.3d 328, 330-31 (D.C. Cir. 1994). Furthermore, a complaint must be dismissed when, as also found here, it is so "patently insubstantial" as to deprive the Court of subject matter jurisdiction. Tooley v. Napolitano, 586 F.3d 1006, 1010 (D.C. Cir. 2009); accord Caldwell v. Kagan, 777F. Supp.2d 177, 178 (D.D.C. 2011). A separate Order of dismissal accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.
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United States District Judge