Flynn v. Verizon Wireless

CourtDistrict Court, D. Connecticut
DecidedMay 23, 2024
Docket3:22-cv-01065
StatusUnknown

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Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT

JOHN FLYNN et al., Plaintiffs,

v. No. 3:22-cv-1065 (JAM)

VERIZON WIRELESS et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF DISMISSAL Plaintiffs John Flynn, Chris Kelly, and Heather Lindsey have filed a pro se complaint alleging primarily that 5G cellular networks pose grave risks to human health and are being used as weapons by government and industry to harm and control the public. Because the complaint as amended does not establish plausible grounds for the Court’s exercise of jurisdiction and in the alternative fails to allege plausible grounds for relief, I will grant the defendants’ motions to dismiss with prejudice and dismiss the plaintiffs’ remaining claims with prejudice. BACKGROUND The following facts are taken from the operative complaint and assumed to be true solely for the purposes of this ruling.1 The plaintiffs name over 30 defendants, including telecommunications corporations, United States Senators and Representatives, Connecticut state and municipal officials, and Connecticut telecommunications and utility companies.2 The 132-page amended complaint alleges a sweeping conspiracy between government and industry to install 5G, subject the public to forced COVID-19 vaccinations, and tamper with U.S. elections. Much of the complaint is also

1 Doc. #247. 2 Id. at 2, 6-18. devoted to Flynn’s personal grievances, including his view that he has been labeled a domestic terrorist and that he was illegally sabotaged in his campaign for Senator. According to the plaintiffs, “5G is a cell disruptor through radiation,” and “evidence suggests [it] is a biological weapon.”3 They claim that Connecticut installed a 5G grid during the

COVID-19 pandemic in order to “create a one world order and grant control to foreigners of the American [e]lections.”4 Specifically, “[t]he same people that are radiating the tri-state area used the 5G and wireless infrastructure to hack the 2020 National Election and the 2022 Senatorial elections.”5 With the rollout of 5G, the plaintiffs believe that “Ct is building a digital open-air concentration camp, using . . . surveillance/artificial intelligence learning and scoring for compliance social credits” that is “[c]ollected on servers in China” and will lead to a system in which “AI will allow the purchase of food with a new [c]urrency based on compliance.”6 The plaintiffs also allege a broad array of risks posed by 5G, including that it “will make every child infertile, cancerous, and autistic” and that “[p]ulsed microwave

millimeter/technology can be used for secretive data collection, harvesting, and . . . hacking the human mind and body.”7 They add that, during the rollout, “[f]orced Covid injections were given that . . . are not a vaccine.”8 The extensive complaint contains only a few allegations of harm suffered by the plaintiffs themselves. Flynn states “I have type one diabetes. I am high risk and disabled,” and “[t]hese

3 Id. at 19, 39. 4 Id. at 19; see id. at 25 (¶¶ 1-2) (“5G risk was taken for nationwide election hacking. 5g is [g]enocide and racketeering including [e]lection FRA[U]D . . . . Trump won by 269,976 [v]otes.”). 5 Id. at 27 (¶ 14). 6 Id. at 99. 7 Id. at 26 (¶ 7), 55 (¶ 89). 8 Id. at 19. defendants changed my environment and knowingly radiated every person in the state of CT.”9 He also claims that Congressman Jim Himes, allegedly involved in the conspiracy, “facilitate[d] the theft of . . . Flynn property,” but does not specify what property was stolen or how Congressman Himes was involved.10 He next alleges that “CAVU Corporation” denied him access to “the source code used to [h]ack 20 other states” in an election.11 Finally, Flynn claims

that the 57,962 signatures he allegedly collected in support of his run for Senate are “missing.”12 The remainder of the harms to Flynn, Kelly, and Lindsey appear wholly unrelated to 5G, the pandemic, or elections. Flynn claims that Police Chief Brent Larrabee, not a defendant in this case, used a confidential informant to try to kill him, and that Chief Anderson of Darien Police looted nine of Flynn’s bank accounts and “falsified an investigation.”13 He also alleges that state court marshal Joe Suda “had 5 phones stolen from US Republican Candidate Flynn,” while Suda’s brother, Mark, threatened Flynn in August 2023.14 Next, he claims that the “CT State Police allowed 1,239 cashed stolen checks of Flynn [sic].”15 Finally, Flynn complains of being labeled a domestic terrorist by various individuals and entities.16

Kelly and Lindsey claim to have been victimized in various ways by a Dr. Ahuja and his brother, Mike, and then repeatedly denied protective orders.17 Kelly also claims that a prosecutor, Larry Tamaccio, refused to arrest Mike after he threatened to shoot Kelly.18 Lindsey

9 Id. at 55 (¶ 90), 60 (¶ 115). 10 Id. at 7. 11 Id. at 9 (¶ 14). 12 Id. at 4; see id. 17, 24, 40. 13 Id. at 15. 14 Id. at 16-17. 15 Id. at 42 (¶ 22). 16 Id. at 12, 15, 42 (¶ 20), 53 (¶¶ 76-77), 113. 17 Id. at 15-16, 21-22, 29 (¶ 25), 52 (¶ 69). 18 Id. at 15. adds that another prosecutor, Mike Bavona, prevented police from arresting Mike Ahuja after Ahuja allegedly raped her.19 Flynn filed his initial complaint in Connecticut state court, and it was subsequently removed to federal court, where several defendants filed motions to dismiss.20 I granted these

motions and dismissed the remaining claims and defendants without prejudice. See Flynn v. Verizon Wireless, 2023 WL 5153635 (D. Conn. 2023). In that ruling, I outlined various parameters that would govern any amended complaint Flynn might wish to file. These included the requirement that he set forth facts showing how each defendant proximately caused a concrete, particularized harm to each plaintiff; that each claim of injury cite the provision of law that was allegedly violated; and that any amended complaint take into account arguments defendants raised in their motions, including the preemption of state law claims by federal law. Id. at *5-6.21 Several defendants have once again filed motions to dismiss.22 This ruling conducts a sua sponte review of the amended complaint before addressing the pending motions.

DISCUSSION This Court has authority to sua sponte review and dismiss a complaint if it is “frivolous or malicious,” “fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief.” See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B).

19 Id. at 15. 20 See Docs. #1, #79, #81, #86, #113. 21 I also advised Flynn that he must file any amended complaint on or before September 1, 2023, and that the Court would grant him only one opportunity to amend. Flynn, 2023 WL 5153635, at *6. He filed an amended complaint and a motion for leave to file on August 15. Docs. #238, 237. On August 30, I granted his motion for leave and advised him that the August 15 complaint would be operative unless he filed a superseding amended complaint on or before September 1. Doc. #244. The following day, Flynn filed a superseding complaint, which is the operative complaint for purposes of this ruling. Doc. #247. Although Flynn has since filed multiple more amended complaints, I decline to consider them because they were filed without good cause after the date that was set for him to file an amended complaint. 22 See Docs. #255, #257, #258, #260, #281. Additionally, “[b]ecause constitutional standing implicates the subject matter jurisdiction of the Court,” it can be addressed sua sponte. In re Clinton Nurseries, Inc., 53 F.4th 15, 22 (2d Cir. 2022); see Fed. R. Civ. P. 12

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