Finch v. American Bar Association

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: July 13, 2011
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2011-1270
• Status: Published

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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Shawn Martin Finch, ) clerk U 5 w § 4 , . .»..¢S;l'sg" and Piainnrr, § Ba"k'”pi"°y C°"‘li$ ) v. ) Civil Action N0. ) American Bar Association, ) m ) ll 14/0 Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPlNlON

This matter is before the Court on its initial review of plaintiff s pro se complaint and application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § l9l5(e), the Court is required to dismiss a complaint upon a determination that it, among other grounds, is frivolous. 28 U.S.C. § l9l5(e)(2)(B)(i).

Plaintiff, a District of Columbia resident, sues the American Bar Association for discrimination. He alleges that defendant violated "Amendment VIII [and] Amendment IX" by "denying an American citizen Admission into The Supreme C ourt under terms of Being a Pro-se Litigant without any credentials from their school." Compl. at l. He seeks "North American Constitutional Justice , . . . and a settlement between the difference of Lifting the bar and being barred." Id. at 2. A complaint may be dismissed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(€)(2) as frivolous when it describes fantastic or delusional scenarios, contains “fanciful factual allegation[s]," Nel`tzke v.

Wz`llz`ams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989), or lacks "an arguable basis in law and fact.” Brana’on v.

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/’ » \ for such treatment. A separate Order of dismiss accompanies thi ~Memorzg)dum Opinion.

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