Sheffield v. Roberts ( 2012 )

FILED
UNITED sTATEs DISTRICT CoURT FEB 1 6 2012
FGR THE DISTRICT OF CGLUMBIA Clerk, U.S. District & Bankruptcy
Courts for the District of Co|umbIa
Donnie Wayne Sheffield, )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) Civil Action No. 1b L)
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John G. Roberts, Jr., et al., )
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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. 1]4.
This Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the decisions of the Supreme Court. In
re Marin, 956 F.Zd 339 (D.C. Cir. 1992); see Panko v. Roa’ak, 606 F.Zd 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. s
Unifed St:ltes District Judge
Date: February , 2012