Green v. Dc Superior Court

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: February 20, 2025
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2025-0176
• Status: Published

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

MONTRELL GREEN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 25-0176 (UNA) ) D.C. SUPERIOR COURT, ) ) Defendant. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This matter is before the Court on consideration of plaintiff’s application to proceed in

forma pauperis and his pro se complaint. The application will be granted, and for the reasons

stated below, the complaint will be dismissed.

Plaintiff purports to bring this action against the Superior Court of the District of

Columbia, which appears to have closed several of plaintiff’s cases. See Compl. at 4. He asks

this Court to reopen them. As a general rule, applicable here, this Court lacks jurisdiction to

review the decisions or direct the actions of the Superior Court. See Richardson v. District of

Columbia Court of Appeals, 83 F.3d 1513, 1514 (D.C. Cir. 1996) (relying on District of

Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 482 (1983) and Rooker v. Fidelity Trust

Co., 263 U.S. 413, 415, 416 (1923)); Fleming v. United States, 847 F. Supp. 170, 172 (D.D.C.

1994), aff’d, No. 94-5079, 1994 WL 474995 (D.C. Cir. July 27, 1994), cert. denied, 513 U.S.

1150 (1995).

An Order is issued separately.

DATE: February 18, 2025 RUDOLPH CONTRERAS United States District Judge