Opinion
Civil Action No. 12 0265
02-16-2012
Donnie Wayne Sheffield, Plaintiff, v. John G. Roberts, Jr., et al., Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter is before the Court on plaintiff's pro se complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court will grant the application and dismiss the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
Plaintiff is a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institution in Salters, South Carolina, suing the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, "at least four unknown Supreme Court Associate Justices," and a Supreme Court employee. Compl. Caption. The complaint arises from the denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of certiorari. Compl. ¶ 4.
This Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the decisions of the Supreme Court. In re Marin, 956 F.2d 339 (D.C. Cir. 1992); see Panko v. Kodak, 606 F.2d 168, 171 n.6 (7th Cir. 1979), cert, denied, 444 U.S. 1081 (1980) ("It seems axiomatic that a lower court may not order the judges or officers of a higher court to take an action."). A separate Order of dismissal accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.
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United States District Judge