IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT January 10, 2022 FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS Nathan Ochsner, Clerk HOUSTON DIVISION

NIYAH KEMON ALI BEY, § § Plaintiff, § v. § CIVIL ACTION NO. H-22-0050 § J.L MARTINEZ, et al., § § Defendants. § MEMORANDUM AND OPINION Niyah Kemon Ali Bey is a defendant in a pending federal criminal prosecution. See No. 5:20-cr-1503 (S.D. Tex.). In this lawsuit, she alleges that she was falsely arrested and demands her release, contending that she is not subject to the laws of the United States because she is a Moorish Sovereign Citizen. Ali Bey has not paid the filing fee. This action will be dismissed under

(e)(2). When a plaintiff proceeds in forma pauperis,

(e) requires a federal district court to dismiss a case if the action fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted. Section 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) requires dismissal if the action is frivolous or malicious. Courts have repeatedly rejected claims of exemption from the laws due to “sovereign citizenship.” See, e.g., Bey v. State,

(7th Cir. 2017); King v. Trump, No. 4:20-cv- 1600,

(S.D. Tex. June 30, 2020). A claim of “sovereign citizenship” is “an indisputably meritless legal theory.” Barthelemy-Bey v. Louisiana, No. 19-cv-12671,

at *2 (E.D. La. Oct. 1, 2019); see also Mason v. Anderson, No. 4:15-cv-2952,

at *2 (S.D. Tex. (Aug. 8, 2016)(“courts routinely dismiss sovereign citizen claims”). “These [sovereign citizen] teachings have never worked in a court of law—not a single time.” Wirsche v. Bank of Am., N.A., No. 7:13-CV-528,

, at *2 (S.D. Tex. Dec. 13, 2013). The plaintiff fails to state a claim for relief and the Complaint is frivolous. Consequently, this action is dismissed pursuant to

(e). SIGNED on January 7, 2022, at Houston, Texas.

LW Conte Lee H. Rosenthal Chief United States District Judge