McLaren v. US Postal Service

FILED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT AUG 2 5 2009
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Clerk, U.S. District and
Bankruptcy Courts
Douglas McLaren, )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. )
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Civil Action No. 09 1615
Commissioner, U.S. Postal Service, )
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Defendant. )
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter is before this court on the plaintiffs application to proceed in forma pauperis,
pro se complaint, motion for immediate injunction, motion to seal, and motion for appointed
legal counsel. The court will grant the application, dismiss the complaint because it fails to state
a claim upon which relief may be granted against this defendant, and deny all pending motions as
moot.
The complaint seeks "immediate relief of phys[ic]al, civil momentary harm," Complaint
at 2, and 4.7 trillion dollars in damages, id at 4. The remainder of the four pages of the
complaint consists of incoherent phrases and terms, such as the following:
Religious persecution, political persecution, difirmation [sic], slander, criminal
slander, discrim[in]ation, racism, reverse racism discrim[in]ation. Sexual
harassment harassment, invasion of privacy invasion criminal invasion of privacy
violation of domain, to violations of sovereign domain. Invasion of domain of
legal filings, retal[ia]tory acts. Interference with legal filings ....
Id at 2.
This court is obligated by federal law to dismiss a complaint that is filed without
prepayment of filing fees whenever it determines that the complaint fails to state a claim upon
which relief may be granted. 28 U.S.c. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). Here, the complaint does not
contain any factual allegations to establish that the plaintiff has suffered an injury attributable to
the defendant. In fact, the defendant is not mentioned by name or reference outside the caption
of the complaint. Accordingly, the complaint does not state a claim upon which relief may be
granted against the defendant, and the court will dismiss the complaint.
An appropriate order accompanies this memor
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