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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MAY 2 6 2015

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Clark, U.S. District and

Fabian Tinsley, ) &“katCY courts Plaintiff, ; v. ) Civil Action No. 15-0167 (UNA) Clerk of Court, 3 Defendant. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, has submitted a complaint and an application to proceed in forma pauperis. The application will be granted and the complaint will be dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § I915A, which requires the Court to screen and dismiss a prisoner’s complaint upon a determination that it fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. See id. § 1915A(b).

Plaintiff, a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey, sues the Clerk of Court “to file a new complaint . . . to address the current status of his incarceration.” Compl. at 1. He also seeks to renew a dismissed claim with regard to his desired placement in a psychiatric facility. See Tinsley v. United States, slip op., No. 13—1899 (UNA) (D.D.C. Dec. 2,

2013). But the Clerk of Court has no control over the citions or location of a prisoner’s

confinement, and plaintiff has not named any . case will be dismissed.

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'ted States District Judge DATE: May/é ,2015

’ The dismissal of this case does not affect plaintiffs ability to seek redress against his prison officials, but such a claim should be pursued in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. See

(b) (designating the proper venue under the circumstances presented as the judicial district where a substantial part of the events occurred).

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