Jenkins v. Office of the President of the United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
GARY V. JENKINS, )
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Plaintiff, )
) Civil Action No. 23-02664 (UNA)
v. )
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OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF )
THE UNITED STATES et al., )
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Defendants. )
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This action, brought pro se, is before the Court on review of Plaintiff’s Complaint, ECF
No. 1, and application to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 2. The Court will grant the
application and dismiss this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) (requiring immediate
dismissal of a case upon a determination that the complaint fails to state a claim on which relief
may be granted).
Complaints filed by pro se litigants are held to less stringent standards than those applied
to formal pleadings drafted by lawyers. See Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520 (1972). Still,
pro se litigants must comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Jarrell v. Tisch, 656 F.
Supp. 237, 239 (D.D.C. 1987). Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires that a
complaint contain a short and plain statement of the grounds upon which the court’s jurisdiction
depends, a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief, and
a demand for judgment for the relief the pleader seeks. Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a). It “does not require
detailed factual allegations, but it demands more than an unadorned, the-defendant-unlawfully-
harmed-me accusation.” Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (internal quotation marks
and citation omitted).
Plaintiff, a resident of Jonesboro, Georgia, has sued the Office of the President of the
United States and President Joe Biden. In the one-page complaint, Plaintiff “avers that Defendants
are assaulting” him. He states that “Fourteenth Amendment rights violations include: 1) Invidious
desparate [sic] treatment, 2) Producing false medical records, 3) Human Rights violations” and
indicates that he has “suffered . . . lost productivity [and] mental exhaustion.” Plaintiff seeks an
immediate “Internship,” but he has not identified the basis of jurisdiction and alleged facts
establishing any entitlement to relief. Consequently, this case will be dismissed by separate order.
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JIA M. COBB
Date: October 19, 2023 United States District Judge
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