Jacobs v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FILED
JUL - 1 2020
BRANDON MICHAEL JACOBS, )
) Clerk, U.S. District & Bankruptcy
Court for the District of Columbia
Plaintiff, )
)
v. ) Civil Action No. 20-1780 (UNA)
)
UNITED STATES, )
)
Defendant. )
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter is before the Court on consideration of plaintiff’s application to proceed in
forma pauperis and his pro se complaint. For the reasons discussed below, the Court grants the
application and dismisses the complaint.
Plaintiff allegedly maintains a “classified information database” that no one other than
the Chief Justice of the United States may access. Compl. at 1. According to plaintiff, “There is
money” in the database and he needs that money. Id. at 2. In an apparent attempt to access the
money, plaintiff appoints himself to the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States. See id. He deems himself “HIRED for the position, because [he] tested and
received one hundred percent on the test.” Id. at 1.
Unfortunately for plaintiff, the Constitution of the United States authorizes the President
to nominate “Judges of the supreme Court” who assume their roles only with the “Advice and
Consent of the Senate.” U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2. To the extent that plaintiff asks this Court
to take any action to acknowledge or support his purported status as Chief Justice of the United
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States, the request is denied, and the complaint will be dismissed for lack of subject matter
jurisdiction. An Order is issued separately.
DATE: July 1, 2020 /s/
JAMES E. BOASBERG
United States District Judge
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