Opinion
Civil Action 23-01643 (UNA)
07-11-2023
CHARLES AWUSIN INKO-TARIAH, Plaintiff, v. MURIEL BOWSER et al., Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
TREVOR N. McFADDEN, United States District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on its initial review of Plaintiff's pro se Complaint and application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court will grant the application and dismiss the complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) (requiring immediate dismissal of a frivolous action).
Plaintiff, a District of Columbia resident, has brought a tort action against D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Keven Vordran, identified as “Director of FBI, Washington Field Office.” Compl., ECF No. 1 at 2. Plaintiff alleges the following. In March 1994, then-U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson of this Court committed Plaintiff to St. Elizabeths Hospital for evaluation and treatment. “[O]ne day between 1997-1998,” during the commitment period, “a white man in doctor's garment . . . suspected to be either FBI or CIA agent sneakily injected” Plaintiff's “molar gum with a tiny microchip without his consent or permission in order to better track his movement for life under the guise of dental cleaning in violation of privacy[.]” Id. at 23. Plaintiff faults the District for enabling “the U.S. government agencies especially the FBI to carry out constant surveillance” of his life “for 26 years by means of remote electronic surveillance.” Id. at 3. The allegations continue in this peculiar manner. See id. at 3-4. Plaintiff seeks from each defendant “compensatory damages of $10 million” and “punitive damages of $20 million . . . for the violation of his constitutional right to privacy and violation of DC Privacy Laws for 26 years and counting possibly for the remainder of his natural life[.]” Id. at 9.
Complaints premised on fantastic or delusional scenarios or supported wholly by allegations lacking “an arguable basis either in law or in fact” may be dismissed as frivolous. Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989). The instant complaint satisfies this standard and therefore is dismissed. A separate order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.