JEFFERSON v. UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

CourtDistrict Court, D. New Jersey
DecidedDecember 16, 2024
Docket3:23-cv-03986
StatusUnknown

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Bluebook
JEFFERSON v. UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, (D.N.J. 2024).

Opinion

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CntyC.o urthNoo2u.3s -e3,25 0523W3,L 5 2078a3t*3 2(, .D N.AJu.g1 .42 ,0 2(3c)i Rtoimnag n vJ.eff9e0sF4,2. d 1 9129,n4 1. ( 3Cdi 1r9.9 0T)hI)eF. sP t arteuqtueti hraape tls a idnetmioffn strate financial need through the submission of a complete financial affidavit. See Atl. Cty. Cent. Mun. Court Inc. v. Bey, No. 24-0105, 2024 WL 1256450, at *1 (D.N.J. Mar. 22, 2024) (citing 28 U.S.C. § 1915¢(a)). Here, Plaintiff sufficiently completed the Long Form Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs. (See IFP.) Plaintiff lists a total monthly income of $2,500 from unemployment and $2,745 in monthly expenses for rent, utilities, food, clothing, laundry, medical expenses, transportation, insurance, and recreation. (See id at 2, 4, 5.) The application also indicates no employment in the last two years, no motor vehicles, no assets in any bank or financial institution, and no debts. (/d. at 2-3.) Plaintiff also lists two individuals relying on him for support. at 3.) From this, the Court finds that Plaintiff has pled his circumstances regarding his ability to pay with sufficient particularity and GRANTS Plaintiff's in forma pauperis application. This case is one of a myriad of lawsuits the Plaintiff has filed in this District since 2018.! The subject lawsuit bears a purported seal of the “The Third Temple English Church of England” with a title of “The Crown Writ Quo Warranto.” (Compl. at 1.) The Complaint asserts claims against the United States seeking to compel the federal government to adopt the “Gold Standard as established by Article 1 section 10 Contract clause.” (See generally id.) The United States, however, is protected from suit under the doctrine of absolute sovereign immunity, See Larson v. Domestic & Foreign Commerce Corp., 337 U.S. 682, 687 (1949) (sovereign immunity bars suit against the United States either for damages or for injunctive relief requiring government action);

' See El Bey v. State, No. 18-09170; El Bey v. State, No. 18-09171; El Bey v. State, No. 18-09172; El Bey v. Sheridan, No. 18-14976; El Bey v. Clark, No. 18-15377; Jefferson El Bey V. Credit Acceptance Corporation, et al., No. 19-10629; Jefferson El Bey v. Credit Acceptance Corporation, et al., No. 19-10726; Jefferson v. Bank of America, et al., No. 22-04676; Jefferson v. v. LP Hommes LLC, et al., No. 22-05883; Jefferson v. State, No. 22-06633; Jefferson y. City of New Brunswick, et al., No. 23-01898; Jefferson vy. Christopher, et al., No, 23-03493; Jefferson v. Bank of America N.A. et al., No. 23-03919; Jefferson v. Bucca, No. 23-21076; Jefferson v. Wengui, No. 23-23363.

see also Clark v. Sec’y of United States Navy, 102 F.4th 658, 661 (3d Cir. 2024); see also Scott □□ Manenti, No. 15-7213, 2016 WL 80640, at *1 n. 2 (D.N.J. Jan. 7, 2016). “Without a waiver of sovereign immunity, a court is without subject matter jurisdiction over claims against federal agencies or officials in their official capacities.” Treasurer of N.J. v. U.S. Dep’t of Treasury, 684 F.3d 382, 395 (3d Cir. 2012). “It is a fundamental principle of sovereign immunity that federal courts do not have jurisdiction over suits against the United States unless Congress, via a statute, expressly and unequivocally waives the United States’ immunity to suit.’” United States v. Craig, 694 F.3d 509, 511 (3d Cir. 2012), as modified (Oct. 5, 2012) (quoting U.S. v. Bein, 214 F.3d 408, 412 (3d Cir. 2000)); see also Bah v. United States, 91 F.4th 116, 120 (3d Cir. 2024) (““Absent a waiver, sovereign immunity shields the Federal Government and its agencies from suit.’” (quoting EDLC. v. Meyer, 510 U.S. 471, 475 (1994)). The Complaint makes fleeting references to the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) and its “limited waiver of sovereign immunity by the United States, permitting citizens to pursue some tort claims against the federal government.” (See Compl. {§ 1, 30, 43.) Indeed, “[t]he United States has waived its sovereign immunity in prescribed circumstances in accordance with the FTCA.” See Dalai v. Molinelli, No. 20-1434, 2021 WL 1208901, at *9 (D.N.J. Mar. 30, 2021) (citing Santos v. United States, 559 F.3d 189, 193 (3d Cir. 2009)). To qualify for jurisdiction under the FTCA, the suit must be: [1] against the United States, [2] for money damages, . . . [3] for injury or loss of property, or personal injury or death [4] caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any employee of the Government [5] while acting within the scope of his office or employment, [6] under circumstances where the United States, if a private person, would be liable to the claimant in accordance with the law of the place where the act or omission occurred. FDIC, 510 US. at 477 (citing 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b)(1)) (listing six requirements) (alterations in original). To be sure, those prerequisites are not met here. There is no “injury of loss of property,

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