McLaren v. Powell

FILED
AUG 25 2009
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
Clerk, U.S. District and
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Bankruptcy Courts
Douglas McLaren, )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. )
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Civil Action No.
09 1611
Colin Powell, )
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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 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 the remaining motions as moot.
The complaint seeks "immediate relief of phys[ic ]al, civil momentary harm," Complaint
at 2, and damages of 4.7 trillion dollars, id at 4. The remainder of the four pages ofthe
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 memorandum 0 . . on.
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