FILED JUL 2 3 2012 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Clerk, U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts for the District of Columbia

Dale B. Adams, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) V. ) Civil Action No. 12 1201 ) Equal Employment ) Opportunity Commission et a!., ) ) Defendants. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before the Court are plaintiffs complaint brought pro se and application to proceed in

forma pauperis. The application will be granted and the complaint dismissed. Pursuant to

~e)(2), the Court is required to dismiss a case "at any time [it] determines that ...

the action ... fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted."

(e)

(2)(B)(ii).

Plaintiff, a resident of Harrison, Arkansas, sues the Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission ("EEOC") and its Chairperson for the alleged wrongful processing of his grievances

against Tysons Foods. "[N]o cause of action against the EEOC exists for challenges to its

processing of a claim." Smith v. Casellas,

(D.C. Cir. 1997), cert. denied,

(1997). Rather, "Congress intended the private right of action ... under which an

aggrieved employee may bring a Title VII action directly against his or her employer [] to serve

as the remedy for any improper handling of a discrimination charge by the EEOC." Id.

Accordingly, the complaint must be dismissed. A separate Order accompanies this

Memorandum Opinion.

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