Cohea v. United States of America

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: September 28, 2012
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2012-1622
• Status: Published

Opinion

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Danny J ames Cohea, ) Plaintiff, l v. § Civil Action No. United States of America et al., § Defendants. § MEMORANDUM OPINION

This matter is before the Court on review of plaintiff s pro se complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis. The application will be granted and the complaint will be dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 19l5A (requiring dismissal of a prisoner’s complaint upon a determination that the complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted).

Plaintiff is a Califomia state prisoner incarcerated in Corcoran, Califomia. He sues the United States, former President William Jefferson Clinton, the 104“‘ Congress, and a list of federal district and appellate judges in the Ninth Circuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Since by its terms § 1983 applies only to state actors, which the named defendants are not, and a liberal reading of the complaint’s allegations reveals no basis for construing the complaint against the individual defendants as brought under Bz`vens v. Six Unknown Namea' Agents of F ederal Bureau

of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (l97l), this case will be dismissed. A separate Order accompanies

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United States District Judge

this Memorandum Opinion.

Date: September ,2012