Barrino v. Collins

District Court, District of Columbia

Barrino v. Collins

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FILED OCT 3 0 2009 ) Clerk, us. Tony Curtis Barrino, ) Bankr~p't DIstrict and ) cy COurts Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) C IVI'1 A' N o. · chon OD 2042 ) Heidi Collins et aI., ) ) Defendants. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This matter is before the Court on its initial review of plaintiff s pro se complaint and

application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 1915

(e), the Court is

required to dismiss a complaint upon a determination that it, among other grounds, is frivolous.

28 U.S.c. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i).

Plaintiff, a resident of Hyattsville, Maryland, sues three employees of "Cable Network

News" and a member of the United States Air Force "on grounds of conspiracy [sic] to commit

extortion, conspircy [sic] to commit physocolocial [sic] damages-distress and mental anuguish

[sic] .... " CompI. at 2. The rambling complaint consists of a series of illogical statements and a

demand for damages exceeding $60 trillion. Complaints that describe fantastic or delusional

scenarios or contain "fanciful factual allegation[s]" are subject to dismissal under 28 U.S.c.

§ 1915(e)(2). Neitzke v. Williams,

490 U.S. 319, 325

(1989); accord Best v. Kelly,

39 F.3d 328, 330-31

(D.C. Cir. 1994). This complaint qualifies for such treatment and, thus, is dismissed. A

separate Order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.

United States Districlige Date: October c::ath, 2009

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