UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION LeShawn Stradford, ) CASE NO. 1:23 CV 2135 ) Plaintiff, ) JUDGE PATRICIA A. GAUGHAN ) v. ) ) U.S. Bank, ) Memorandum of Opinion and Order ) Defendant. ) Pro se plaintiff LeShawn Stradford filed this civil rights action against U.S. Bank. (Doc. No. 1). The complaint fails to set forth cogent factual allegations or legal claims. The complaint merely states: “U.S. Bank contain to the federal industry corruption.” (Id.). Plaintiff seeks no specific relief. Pro se pleadings are liberally construed. Boag v. MacDougall,

(1982) (per curiam); Haines v. Kerner,

(1972). The lenient treatment accorded pro se plaintiffs, however, has limits. See e.g., Pilgrim v. Littlefield,

(6th Cir. 1996). Pro se litigants must still meet basic pleading requirements, and courts are not required to conjure allegations on their behalf. See Erwin v. Edwards, 22 Fed. App’x 579, 580 (6th Cir. 2001). Furthermore, federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction and have a duty to police the boundaries of their jurisdiction. “[A] district court may, at any time, sua sponte dismiss a complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure when the allegations of a complaint are totally implausible, attenuated, unsubstantial, frivolous, devoid of merit, or no longer open to discussion.” Apple v. Glenn,

(6th Cir. 1999). The Court finds this action warrants sua sponte dismissal pursuant to Apple v. Glenn. The allegations in the complaint are so unclear, unsubstantial, devoid of merit, and frivolous that they do not provide a basis to establish this Court’s subject matter jurisdiction over any viable federal claim. CONCLUSION Accordingly, the Court dismisses this action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The Court certifies, pursuant to

(a)(3), that an appeal from this decision could not be taken in good faith. IT IS SO ORDERED.

/s/ Patricia A. Gaughan PATRICIA A. GAUGHAN United States District Judge Dated: 2/5/24

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