IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA STATESVILLE DIVISION CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:25-CV-00169-KDB-DCK

DANIEL CHRISTOPHER HAGA,

Plaintiff,

v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER PARAMOUNT GLOBAL AND DAVID ELLISON,

Defendants.

THIS MATTER is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) (Doc. No. 2). The Court has carefully considered this motion and Plaintiff’s sworn Application, which details his financial circumstances. Based on that examination, the Court finds that Plaintiff’s reasonable expected expenses exceed his expected income, and he does not otherwise have sufficient assets with which to pay the filing fee. Accordingly, the Court will GRANT the Motion for the limited purpose of conducting an initial review but DISMISS Plaintiff’s Complaint without prejudice after conducting that review. I. Plaintiff’s Motion to Proceed IFP “The federal in forma pauperis statute, enacted in 1892 and presently codified as

, is designed to ensure that indigent litigants have meaningful access to the federal courts.” Neitzke v. Williams,

(1989) (quoting Adkins v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.,

, 342–43 (1948)). To achieve its goal, the IFP statute “allows a litigant to commence a civil or criminal action in federal court in forma pauperis by filing in good faith an affidavit stating … that he is unable to pay the costs of a lawsuit.”

In his IFP motion, Plaintiff states that he lives on disability income and that he does not otherwise have assets that would allow him to pay for these proceedings. See Doc. No. 2. Based on these representations, the Court will conditionally grant the motion and permit Plaintiff to proceed IFP solely for the limited purposes of this initial review. II. Initial Review

Because Plaintiff is proceeding IFP, the Court must review the Complaint to determine whether it is subject to dismissal on the grounds that it is “frivolous or malicious [or] fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted.”

(e)(2). In its frivolity review, this Court must determine whether the Complaint raises an indisputably meritless legal theory or is founded upon clearly baseless factual contentions, such as fantastic or delusional scenarios. Neitzke, 490 U.S. at 327–28. Furthermore, a pro se complaint must be construed liberally. Haines v. Kerner,

(1972). However, the liberal construction requirement will not permit a district court to ignore a clear failure to allege facts in the Complaint which set forth a claim that is cognizable under federal law. Weller v. Dep’t of Soc. Servs.,

(4th Cir. 1990).

In this Complaint, Pro se Plaintiff Daniel Haga appears to claim that Defendants solicited murder “knowing what Dr. Jodie said,” pursuant to

. Doc. No. 1 at 3. He further explains that “[p]eople on CBS got mad” and used their network to solicit his murder for “many years,” and claims that he has been on an “illegal website since 1997” which has “8 billion EYE witnesses to prove people on LIVE broadcasts got mad – over and over again – promoting violence because of hate.”

. To the extent these fantastical allegations are at all clear to the Court, they fail to assert an identifiable claim. However, even assuming Plaintiff has plausibly alleged a violation of

under these facts, the statute does not provide a private right of action and Plaintiff has not otherwise alleged any claim over which this Court has jurisdiction. See Rodriguez v. Dougherty, No. 3:23-CV-1542 (KAD),

, at *9 (D. Conn. Mar. 1, 2024) (citing E/ v. O’Brien, No. 12-CV-01793 DLI JMA,

, at *2 (E.D.N.Y. June 20, 2012)) (holding that

does not provide a private nght of action); see also Adkins v. Benard, No. 8:20-CV-2627-SDM-CPT,

, at *5 (M.D. Fla. Nov. 30, 2021), report and recommendation adopted, No. 8:20-CV-2627-SDM-CPT,

(M.D. Fla. Dec. 22, 2021) (collecting cases holding there is no private right of action under federal statutes including

, 242, and 373). Accordingly, the matter must be dismissed. If. ORDER NOW THEREFORE IT IS ORDERED THAT: 1. Plaintiff's IFP Motion (Doc. No. 2) is GRANTED; 2. Plaintiff's Complaint (Doc. No. 1) is DISMISSED without prejudice; and 3. The Clerk is directed to close this matter in accordance with this Order. SO ORDERED ADJUDGED AND DECREED. Signed: October 27, 2025

Kenneth D. Bell United States District Judge woe