Opinion
Civil Action No. 17-2384 (UNA)
01-19-2018
Anthony Ray Jenkins, Plaintiff, v. Don L. Scott, Defendant.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
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 (IFP). Under the statute governing IFP proceedings, the Court is required to dismiss a case "at any time" it determines that the action is frivolous. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i).
Plaintiff, a resident of Lithonia, Georgia, sues an individual in Liberal, Kansas, "for $1200,000,000.00 for slavery, denying equal protection of the law." Compl. at 1. He then seeks a seemingly unrelated order to compel "the federal government to pay this claim [because] there was no reason for the arrest[.]" Compl. at 1-2. A complaint, such as this one, that lacks "an arguable basis either in law or in fact" may be dismissed as frivolous. Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989). Accordingly, the complaint and this case will be dismissed by separate order.
/s/_________
Timothy J. Kelly
United States District Judge Date: January 19, 2018