Opinion
22-mc-51193
09-20-2022
IN RE JOSEPH MONTEZ EL LOGGIN Plaintiff.
ORDER DISMISSING CAS
LINDA V. PARKER, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
On July 20, 2022, Joseph Montez El Loggin filed documents in the Eastern District of Michigan. The Clerk of the Court therefore opened this miscellaneous case. The Court is dismissing the matter for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
The Court is unable to discern a plausible federal cause of action from any of El Loggin's filings. See Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Env't, 523 U.S. 83, 89 (1998) (providing that dismissal of a federal claim for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction is proper where the claim is “so insubstantial, implausible, foreclosed by prior decisions of this Court, or otherwise completely devoid of merit as not to involve a federal controversy”). And because the Court cannot tell who would be a viable defendant in this case or the defendant's citizenship, El Loggin also has not invoked diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332.
If El Loggin believes he has a viable claim, he should set out that claim in short and plain language. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 8 (“A pleading that states a claim for relief must contain . . . a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.”) (emphasis added). There is a “Complaint for a Civil Case” form available on the District's website at http://www. m ied. uscourts. gov/index.cfm ?pageFunction =proSe. The website offers an entire section devoted to “Representing Yourself,” including a “How to File a Lawsuit Handbook.” See id.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that this action is DISMISSED.