Airrion Blake-Bey v. Cook County

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Airrion Blake-Bey v. Cook County

Opinion

NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION To be cited only in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1

United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Chicago, Illinois 60604

Submitted November 22, 2011* Decided November 23, 2011

Before

RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge

DAVID F. HAMILTON, Circuit Judge

No. 11‐1585

AIRRION BLAKE‐BEY, et al., Appeal from the United States District Plaintiffs‐Appellants, Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. v. No. 10 C 5246 COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Defendant‐Appellee. Samuel Der‐Yeghiayan, Judge.

O R D E R

Airrion Blake‐Bey, Airrion Blake‐Bey II, Anita Blake‐Bey, and Lovie Hunter‐El are adherents of the Moorish Science Temple of America and were born in Cook County, Illinois. In this pro se lawsuit, they claim that the county has enslaved them by creating birth certificates which falsely imply they are Americans rather than citizens of a Moroccan

* After examining the briefs and record, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. Thus, the appeal is submitted on the briefs and record. See FED. R. APP. P. 34(a)(2)(c). No. 11‐1585 Page 2

Empire that spans the Western Hemisphere, Africa, and the mythical Atlantis. The plaintiffs demand varied relief, including $5 billion. The district court dismissed their complaint, and rightly so because the suit is too frivolous to have invoked the court’s subject‐matter jurisdiction. See Hagans v. Lavine, 415 U.S. 528, 536 (1974); In re African‐American Slave Descendants Lit., 471 F.3d 754, 757 (7th Cir. 2006); Crowley Cutlery Co. v. United States, 849 F.2d 273, 276 (7th Cir. 1988).

AFFIRMED.

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