Harrington v. US Government

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: April 2, 2009
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2009-0608
• Status: Published

Opinion

FILED APR 02 2009 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Clerk, U.S. District and FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Bankruptcy Courts

Matthew W. Harrington, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. ) 09 0608 U. S. Government, ) ) Defendant. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

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. § 1915(e), the Court is

required to dismiss a complaint upon a determination that it, among other grounds, is frivolous.

28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i).

Plaintiff, a resident of San Diego, California, alleges, among other harms, that he is "not

allowed to be in a good mood ... [t]he people of San Diego have been telling me that I am the

biggest asshole in the world [and] [t]he U.S.M.C. has been spraying me with toxic poisons."

CompI. at 1. He seeks an unspecified amount of money damages for pain and suffering.

Complaints that describe fantastic or delusional scenarios or contain "fanciful factual

allegation[s]" are subject to dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). Neitzke v. Williams, 490

U.S. 319, 325 (1989); accord Best v. Kelly, 39 F.3d 328, 330-31 (D.C. Cir. 1994). This

complaint qualifies for such treatment and, thus, is dismissed. A separate Order accompanies

this Memorandum Opinion.

Date: March~, 2009

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