Blake-Bey v. Cook County

438 F. App'x 522

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Decided: November 23, 2011
• Docket: No. 11-1585
• Status: Published

Opinion

ORDER

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 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, 94 S.Ct. 1372, 39 L.Ed.2d 577 (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.