FILED AUG 29 2011 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Clerk, U.S. District & Bankruptcy FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUTts tor the DistrIct ot ColumbIa

Odis Odell Berry, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) Civil Action No. 11 155;; Brad Livingston et aI., ) ) Defendants. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

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

to proceed in forma pauperis. The application will be granted and the complaint will be

dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A (requiring dismissal of a prisoner's complaint upon a

determination that the complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted).

Plaintiff is a Texas prisoner incarcerated in Rosharon, Texas. He has submitted a form

complaint under

, against numerous defendants in Texas, including prison

officials. See CompI. at 4 & attached list. Plaintiff accuses the defendants of torture,

, but

he has stated no facts to support such a claim. See Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly,

(2007) (a plaintiffs "[f]actual allegations must be enough to raise a right to relief above the

speculative level .... ") (citations omitted). Even if plaintiff had stated a plausible claim, this

judicial district is not the proper venue for litigating claims against Texas defendants for alleged

misdeeds that occurred in Texas. See

(b) (designating the proper venue under

the circumstances presented as the judicial district "where any defendant resides" or where a

N 3 substantial part of the events occurred). Given the paucity of the complaint, the Court will

dismiss it for failure to state a claim. A separate Order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.

Date: August !~, 2011

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