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MUHAMMAD v. SECRET CIA AGENT STAR

United States District Court, D. Columbia
May 5, 2009
Civil Action No. 09 0980 (D.D.C. May. 5, 2009)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 09 0980.

May 5, 2009


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 "at any time [it] determines that . . . the action . . . is frivolous." 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i).

Plaintiff, a homeless individual in the District of Columbia, sues three individuals he identifies as agents of the Central Intelligence Agency. Plaintiff accuses the defendants of various misdeeds, including defaming his character by "submitt[ing] video recording footage onto a website [depicting him] as a pedophile" and hiding in his food and drink "cyanide poison, a cancer infections virus known to the CIA as [illegible], the HIV virus, syphyllis [sic] and what I believe is a physiologically based toxicokinetic risk assessment drug or photosynthetic chemical [] known as poison acetone." Compl. at 1.

Complaints that describe fantastic or delusional scenarios are subject to dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). 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, accordingly, will be dismissed. A separate Order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.


Summaries of

MUHAMMAD v. SECRET CIA AGENT STAR

United States District Court, D. Columbia
May 5, 2009
Civil Action No. 09 0980 (D.D.C. May. 5, 2009)
Case details for

MUHAMMAD v. SECRET CIA AGENT STAR

Case Details

Full title:Faraud K. Muhammad, Plaintiff, v. Secret CIA Agent Star et al., Defendants

Court:United States District Court, D. Columbia

Date published: May 5, 2009

Citations

Civil Action No. 09 0980 (D.D.C. May. 5, 2009)