Wattleton v. U. S. Supreme Court ( 2013 )


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    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA g EB 2 2 QU’S
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    Dav1d Ear1 Wattleton, ) °" CO/umb
    Plaintiff, j
    v. j Civil Action N0. n
    United States Supreme Court, j 1b
    Defendant. j
    MEMORANDUM OPINION
    This action is before the Court on its initial review of 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. See Fed. R. Civ. P. l2(h)(3) (requiring
    dismissal of an action "at any time" the Court determines that it lacks subject matter
    jurisdiction).
    Plaintiff, a prisoner at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota, seeks an
    order from this Court "declaring Supreme Court Rule 39.8, with respect to case no. 12-7476,
    violates [plaintiff’ s] right of access to the courts, right to due process of 1aw, and right to equal
    protection" and "enjoining the Supreme Court to deny the petition." Compl. at l; see Wattletorz
    v. USDC ND GA, N0. 12-7476, --- S.Ct. ---, 
    2013 WL 215688
     (Jan. 22, 2013) (denying
    plaintiff’s application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis based on his "repeat[ed] abuse[]" of
    that Court’s process and dismissing petition for a writ of certiorari). This Court lacks jurisdiction
    to review the decisions of the United States Supreme Court. In re Marz``rz, 
    956 F.2d 339
    , 340
    (D.C. Cir. 1992); see Pcmko v. Rodak, 
    606 F.2d 168
    , 171 n.6 (7th Cir. 1979), cert. a'em``ed, 444
    
    1 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."). Therefore? this case will be dismissed with prejudice. A
    separate Order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.
    ' United States District'Judge
    Dare; February // ,2013
    

Document Info

Docket Number: Civil Action No. 2013-0228

Judges: Judge Beryl A. Howell

Filed Date: 2/22/2013

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 10/30/2014