Frederick v. United States

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

DARION FREDERICK, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. ) Civil Action No. 26-00499 (UNA)

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

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Defendant. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiff, appearing pro se, has filed a form complaint and an application to proceed in

forma pauperis (IFP). For the following reasons, the court grants the IFP motion and dismisses

the complaint.

Plaintiff, a resident of Silver Spring, Maryland, sues the United States for $4 trillion. In

the statement of claim section, Plaintiff writes only “written documents while present as a citizen

of the United States of America; I need to be better; I need to be whole.” Compl., ECF No. 1 at 4.

His baffling Notice, ECF No. 4, is unilluminating. Complaints, as here, lacking “an arguable basis

either in law or in fact,” Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989), are frivolous actions subject

to dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i). Therefore, this case will be dismissed by separate

order.

_________/s/____________ TANYA S. CHUTKAN

Date: June 15, 2026 United States District Judge