Perri v. Burns ( 2022 )

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE 9 ANTHONY S. PERRI, CASE NO. C22-5739-JCC 10 Plaintiff, ORDER 11 v. 12 WILLIAM BURNS, et al., 13 Defendant. 14 15 This matter comes before the Court upon sua sponte review of Plaintiff’s complaint (Dkt. 16 No. 5), made pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed an 17 application to proceed in forma pauperis with his complaint. (Dkt. No. 1.) On October 5, 2022, 18 the Honorable Brian A. Tsuchida, U.S. Magistrate Judge, granted Plaintiff’s application. (Dkt. 19 No. 4.) Summons has not yet issued. 20 A complaint filed by any person seeking to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 21 U.S.C. § 1915(a) is subject to sua sponte review and dismissal by the Court “at any time” to the 22 extent it is “frivolous, malicious, fail[s] to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or 23 seek[s] monetary relief from a defendant immune from such relief.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B); 24 Calhoun v. Stahl, 254 F.3d 845, 845 (9th Cir. 2001). Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)(2) 25 requires only “a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to 26 relief.” However, to avoid dismissal for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, 1 a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a claim for relief that 2 is plausible on its face. Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 664 (2009). Sufficient factual allegations 3 must “raise a right to relief above the speculative level.” Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 4 544, 555 (2007). 5 The Court holds pro se plaintiffs to less stringent pleading standards and liberally 6 construes a pro se complaint in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. Erickson v. Pardus, 551 7 U.S. 89, 94 (2007). When dismissing a complaint under § 1915(e), the Court gives pro se 8 plaintiffs leave to amend unless “it is absolutely clear that the deficiencies of the complaint could 9 not be cured by amendment.” Cato v. United States, 70 F.3d 1103, 1106 (9th Cir. 1995). 10 Plaintiff’s complaint is saturated with incurable deficiencies. The facts alleged by the 11 Plaintiff do not rise above the speculative level and are largely outside the realm of possibility. 12 Plaintiff claims to have been tortured by “Laser Beam daily” and claims to be a victim of 13 “[m]ultiple forms of other secret, overt Abuse.” (Dkt. No. 5 at 2.) Plaintiff also claims to seek 14 redress for a “lifetime of covert service” and to stop various government agencies from using his 15 “name[], [and] codes, to run their wars.” (Id.) Plaintiff also alleges that the “United States 16 Government has Provided Chemicals, Incendiary devices . . . and Technology to facilitate the 17 abuse and attacks.” (Id. at 3.) These fanciful and unsupported allegations should be dismissed 18 because they present no point of law that is arguable on the merits. See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 19 U.S. 319, 325 (1989) (“Courts of Appeals have recognized § 1915(d)’s term ‘frivolous,’ when 20 applied to a complaint, embraces not only the inarguable legal conclusion, but also the fanciful 21 factual allegations not supported by any facts.”); see also Norton v. Amador Cnty. Detention 22 Facility, 2009 WL 3824755 slip op. at 2 (E.D. Cal. 2009) (listing cases dismissed based upon 23 fantastical or delusional allegations). 24 Further, none of the Defendants are residents of this federal district and there is nothing 25 showing the alleged actions occurred within the district. The complaint is thus filed in the wrong 26 federal district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). When a case is filed in the wrong federal district the 1 Court shall dismiss the case, or if it be in the interest of justice, transfer the case to any district in 2 which it could have been brought. 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). As noted above the complaint is 3 frivolous and thus dismissal, not transfer, is appropriate. 4 As it is clear the complaint could not be cured by amendment, the Court DISMISSES 5 Plaintiff’s complaint with prejudice and without leave to amend.1 6 DATED this 6th day of October 2022. A 7 8 9 John C. Coughenour 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 Leave to amend need not be provided when doing so would be futile. Barahona v. 26 Union Pac. R.R. Co., 881 F.3d 1122, 1134 (9th Cir. 2018).