Bush v. United States District Court for the District of Maryland

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: May 24, 2011
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2011-0959
• Status: Published

Opinion

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FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MAY 2 4 2011 FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Clerk, u.s. Dlstrlct & Bankruptcy Courts for the District of ColumbIa Barbara M. Bush, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 11 095~t ) ) U.S. District Courts for Maryland ) and Texas, et al., ) ) Defendants. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This matter is before the Court on its review of the plaintiff s pro se complaint and

application to proceed informa pauperis. The application will be granted and the complaint will

be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(3) (requiring

dismissal of an action "at any time" the Court determines that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction).

Plaintiff, a resident of Hyattsville, Maryland, sues federal district courts in Maryland and

Texas and the United States Congress. She challenges on constitutional grounds a presumed

order of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland transferring her to "a federal

prison, FMC, Carswell, in Ft. Worth Texas" for a mental health evaluation, even though she has

not been convicted of a crime. Compl. at 2-4. Presumably, plaintiff has sued Congress for

enacting the alleged constitutional statutes authorizing the court's action. Plaintiff seeks

injunctive relief and $50,000 "for the illegal transfer and detainment and torture." Id. at 5. This

Court lacks jurisdiction to review the orders of another district court. See 28 U.S.c. §§ 1331,

1332 (general jurisdictional provisions); Fleming v. United States, 847 F. Supp. 170, 172 (D.D.C.

~) 1994), cert. denied 513 U.S. 1150 (1995). A separate Order of dismissal accompanies this

Memorandum Opinion.

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