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Winningham v. Shulman

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Aug 30, 2010
377 F. App'x 23 (D.C. Cir. 2010)

Opinion

No. 10-5039.

May 7, 2010. Rehearing En Banc Denied August 30, 2010.

On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, l:09-cv-02435-UNA.

Glenn Winningham, Whaite Plains, NY, pro se.

BEFORE: SENTELLE, Chief Judge, and GINSBURG and KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judges.


JUDGMENT


This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and on the brief filed by appellant. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(j). It is

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court's order filed December 30, 2009, be affirmed. The district court properly dismissed this action as frivolous. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B); Denton v. Hernandez, 504 U.S. 25, 32-33, 112 S.Ct. 1728, 118 L.Ed.2d 340 (1992) (court may dismiss a claim as frivolous if the facts alleged are "clearly baseless"). Claims like those of appellant, involving "bizarre conspiracy theories, [or] fantastic government manipulations of [one's] will or mind," Best v. Kelly, 39 F.3d 328, 330-31 (D.C. Cir. 1994), are "obviously frivolous," Hagans v. Lavine, 415 U.S. 528, 537, 94 S.Ct. 1372, 39 L.Ed.2d 577 (1974).

Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after resolution of any timely petition for re-hearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See Fed.R.App.P. 41(b); D.C. Cir. Rule 41.


Summaries of

Winningham v. Shulman

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Aug 30, 2010
377 F. App'x 23 (D.C. Cir. 2010)
Case details for

Winningham v. Shulman

Case Details

Full title:Glenn WINNINGHAM, Appellant v. Douglas SHULMAN, et al., Appellees

Court:United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Date published: Aug 30, 2010

Citations

377 F. App'x 23 (D.C. Cir. 2010)

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