(PS) Gigena v. State of California ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GABRIEL GIGENA, Case No. 2:21-cv-00082-TLN-JDP (PS) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 13 v. ECF No. 2 14 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO 15 Defendant. DISMISS THIS CASE AS FRIVOLOUS 16 OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN 14 DAYS 17 18 ORDER 19 Plaintiff moves to proceed without prepayment of filing fees, ECF No. 2, and his affidavit 20 satisfies the relevant requirements, see 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). I therefore grant the motion. 21 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 22 With plaintiff proceeding in forma pauperis, his complaint is now subject to screening 23 under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e). Plaintiff asserts that California is the property of the Kingdom of 24 Hayah Hawah. ECF No. 1 at 4. He alleges that “the Free Sovereign People of Hayah Hawah” 25 possess a right to control the voting shares for California and American Indian territories, and that 26 they have pledged those shares to Donald Trump. Id. at 2. Plaintiff seeks to have California 27 returned to the kingdom and to pledge California’s electoral votes to President Trump. Id. at 7. 28 1 The court must dismiss any action filed in forma pauperis that is factually frivolous, 2 | malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a 3 || defendant who is immune to suit. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). Factual frivolousness includes 4 | allegations that are “clearly baseless” or that “describe[e] fantastic or delusional scenarios.” 5 | Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 327-28 (1989). Plaintiff's complaint is frivolous; in the 6 | language of Neitzke, its claims are fantastic and delusional. Accordingly, I recommend dismissal. 7 I submit these findings and recommendations to the district judge under 28 U.S.C. 8 | § 636(b)(1)(B) and Rule 304 of the Local Rules of Practice for the United States District Court, 9 | Eastern District of California. Within 14 days of the service of the findings and 10 | recommendations, the parties may file written objections to the findings and recommendations 11 | with the court and serve a copy on all parties. That document should be captioned “Objections to 12 | Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendations.” The district judge will review the findings 13 | and recommendations under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). 14 1s IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 | q Sty — Dated: _ April 7, 2021 q——— 17 JEREMY D. PETERSON 18 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28