Hunter v. Obama

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: April 23, 2014
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2014-0707
• Status: Published

Opinion

FII.ED

UNITED STATES DIS'I`RICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COI_.Ul\/IBIA APR 2 3 ZU||;

C|erk, U.S. D|stric:t & Bankruptcy

) Courts forma Distnct of columbia Chase Carmen Hunter, ) ) Plaintiff, ) )

v. ) Civil Action No. /¥" 7 ) Barack Hussein Obama, ) ) Defendant. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION

This matter is before the Court on review of plaintiff s pro se complaint and application to proceed informa pauperis. The application will be granted and the case will be dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § l9l5(e)(2)(B)(ii) (requiring dismissal ofa case upon a determination that the complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted).

Plaintiff sues President Baracl< Obama "in his official capacity as President of the United States of America." Cornpl. Caption. She seeks declaratory and injunctive relief of a general nature. See, e.g., Compl. jl 85 (requesting a temporary restraining order "that immediately enjoins every person and every entity from further violations of the law . . . .").

Plaintiff is a Virginia resident; she claims to be "a licensed insurance agent who is licensed to transact insurance in about forty-seven . . . states." Cornpl. 11 3. Plaintiff alleges that she "is a victim of federal crimes as set forth [in the complaint]," id. 1|26, but the alleged criminal acts appear to stem from state regulators’ preventing her from ‘toffering a specific insurance

product to the United States consumers," narnely, "liability insurance for people who own dogs.”

Ia'. 1| 7; see z`d. W 8-17. Plaintiff also seems to fault the courts, including the U.S. Supreme

Court, for allegedly denying her the right to seek redress. See id. 1 18.

Othez' than asserting that the President "is directed by the United States Constitution t0, infer alfa, ‘tal461 F. Supp. 2d 40, 45 (D.D.C. 2006) {"ln plain English, sovereign immunity means that citizens . . . cannot sue the federal government, agencies of the federal government, or employees of the federal government for acts they perform in their official capacities, unless the federal government has expressly agreed to be sued."). l~lence, this

case will be dismissed A separate Order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.

Date: April ix , 2014 , nited Stat s Dist ict Judge