District Court, District of Columbia, 2026

Frederick v. United States

Frederick v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia · Decided June 17, 2026 · Judge Tanya S. Chutkan
Frederick v. United States

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

DARION FREDERICK, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 26-00499 (UNA) ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff, appearing pro se, has filed a form complaint and an application to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP). For the following reasons, the court grants the IFP motion and dismisses the complaint.

Plaintiff, a resident of Silver Spring, Maryland, sues the United States for $4 trillion. In the statement of claim section, Plaintiff writes only “written documents while present as a citizen of the United States of America; I need to be better; I need to be whole.” Compl., ECF No. 1 at 4.

His baffling Notice, ECF No. 4, is unilluminating. Complaints, as here, lacking “an arguable basis either in law or in fact,” Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989), are frivolous actions subject to dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i). Therefore, this case will be dismissed by separate order.

_________/s/____________ TANYA S. CHUTKAN Date: June 15, 2026 United States District Judge

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