Opinion
Civil Action No. 13 0023
01-08-2013
Antonio Garfield Ramsey, Plaintiff, v. Federal Government, Defendant.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter is before the Court on review of plaintiff's pro se complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis. The application will be granted and the case will be dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) (requiring dismissal of a case upon a determination that the complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted).
Plaintiff, a District of Columbia resident, is suing the "federal Government." The handwritten complaint consists of one cryptic sentence that is difficult to decipher. Plaintiff appears to allege that he was arrested in "August 96," questioned about a rape, and released the same day. He also claims that his driver's license was not returned to him and mentions identity theft. Plaintiff has not demanded any relief. Simply put, the complaint is devoid of facts to support a cognizable claim. See Aktieselskabet AF 21. Nov. 2001 v. Fame Jeans, Inc., 525 F.3d 8, 16 n.4 (D.C. Cir. 2008) ("We have never accepted 'legal conclusions cast in the form of factual allegations' because a complaint needs some information about the circumstances giving rise to the claims.") (quoting Kowal v. MCI Commc'ns Corp., 16 F.3d 1271, 1276 (D.C. Cir. 1994)). A separate Order of dismissal accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.
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United States District Judge