Wilder v. Warshaw One, LLC

FILED
DEC 302009
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Clerk, U.S. District and
Bankruptcy Courts
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Lawrence Wilder, Sr., )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) Civil Action No. O~ 2448
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Warshaw One, LLC, et al., )
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Defendants. )
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before the Court is the plaintiff s pro se complaint and application to proceed in forma
pauperis. The application will be granted and the complaint will be dismissed.
The plaintiff: a self-described "psychiatrically disabled 44-year-old African American
male," Compl. at 1-2 (punctuation and spelling altered), purports to bring claims under several
federal statutes and the common law, and demands $100 million in damages. The nine-page
complaint is rambling and incoherent. It makes mention of numerous famous persons, including
the D.C. madam, id. at 9, and 0.1. Simpson, id. at 4. It contains numerous references to
prostitution. Id. at 3, 4. It identifies several doctors and Maryland state and federal judges and
prosecutors by name. See id. at 4,5,6. It also alleges that one of the defendants, allegedly a
former co-habitant, "stalked [him] in different states," id. at 7, and in his "Baltimore city
neighbor[hood] and caused hate crimes, while disrespecting my Janet Reno DOl pardon granted
on September 28,2000[,] the 13th anniversary of my President Ronald Reagan Executive
appointment at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center," id. at 8.
A complaint such as this one that describes fantastic or delusional scenarios is subject to
immediate dismissal. See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 328 (1989); Best v. Kelly, 39 F.3d
328, 330-31 (D.C. Cir. 1994). Moreover, a complaint may be dismissed as frivolous when it
lacks "an arguable basis in law and fact." Brandon v. District a/Columbia Bd. 0/ Parole, 734
F.2d 56, 59 (D.C. Cir. 1984). Accordingly, this complaint will be dismissed.
A separate appropriate order accompanie
Dare:IL/.Lf Ie '7 United States District Judge