Opinion
Civil Action No. 08 1035.
June 16, 2008
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter is before the Court on review of plaintiff's pro se complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court will grant the application and will dismiss the complaint as it is required to do if it determines that the action is frivolous. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(i).
Plaintiff, a resident of the District of Columbia, sues the United States for alleged government surveillance that has, among other misdeeds, stolen her identity, her "eggs . . . from [her] fallopian tube" and her property. Compl. at 1. Throughout the seven-page complaint, plaintiff claims that strangers have stalked, tortured and sexually abused her. Plaintiff also suggests that she has been implanted with a microchip that the government refuses to remove. See Compl. at 5. Plaintiff seeks $80 billion in damages. Id. at 7.
Complaints that describe fantastic or delusional scenarios are subject to immediate dismissal. See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 328 (1989); Best v. Kelly, 39 F.3d 328, 330-31 (D.C. Cir. 1994). Moreover, a complaint may be dismissed as frivolous when it lacks "an arguable basis in law and fact," Brandon v. District of Columbia Bd. of Parole, 734 F.2d 56, 59 (D.C. Cir. 1984), or is based on "fanciful factual allegation[s]." Neitzke, 490 U.S. at 325. This complaint satisfies the foregoing conditions and therefore will be dismissed by separate Order issued contemporaneously.