Jones v. All Public Officials

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- X : TYRELL LIENELL JONES, : : Plaintiff, : : 23 Misc. 410 (JPC) -v- : : ORDER ALL PUBLIC OFFICIALS, : : Defendants. : : ---------------------------------------------------------------------- X JOHN P. CRONAN, United States District Judge: Tyrell Jones, who is appearing pro se, initiated this matter as a miscellaneous case.1 Dkt.

1 at 1. Jones styles his lead submission as “Notice of Reservation of Rights and Notice of Intent To Sue,” id. (all capitalization removed), and he also has filed an affirmation and affidavits, Dkts.

2, 5-6. Jones contends, inter alia, that he is “not a ‘person,’” that he has not “contracted away [his] sovereignty,” and that as a “free Sovereign,” he is not required to have a driver’s license to travel by car for non-commercial purposes. Dkt. 1 at 3-5. Jones demands that he be placed on a “Do Not Detain” list to avoid “threat, duress, intimidation, or possibly even death” in the event he is “pulled over” while driving. Id. at 2.

Jones’s application is not proper as a miscellaneous matter and cannot proceed on the miscellaneous docket. Accordingly, the Court orders that this miscellaneous case be closed and that the application be opened as a new civil action. Any pending motions are denied without prejudice.

1 Jones paid the $49.00 filing fee applicable to miscellaneous cases.

Accordingly, the Clerk of Court is directed to treat Plaintiff’s applications, Dkts. 1-2, 5-6, as anew civil action and close this miscellaneous case. No further filings will be accepted in this miscellaneous action. The Court certifies under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from this Order would not be taken in good faith, and therefore in forma pauperis status is denied for the purpose of an appeal. See Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438, 444-45 (1962).

SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 14, 2023 New York, New York Wha A Z 7B JOHN P. CRONAN United States District Judge