Jenkins v. Office of the President of the United States

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: October 19, 2023
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2023-2664
• Status: Published

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

GARY V. JENKINS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Civil Action No. 23-02664 (UNA) v. ) ) OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF ) THE UNITED STATES et al., ) ) Defendants. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This action, brought pro se, is before the Court on review of Plaintiff’s Complaint, ECF

No. 1, and application to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 2. The Court will grant the

application and dismiss this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) (requiring immediate

dismissal of a case upon a determination that the complaint fails to state a claim on which relief

may be granted).

Complaints filed by pro se litigants are held to less stringent standards than those applied

to formal pleadings drafted by lawyers. See Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520 (1972). Still,

pro se litigants must comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Jarrell v. Tisch, 656 F.

Supp. 237, 239 (D.D.C. 1987). Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires that a

complaint contain a short and plain statement of the grounds upon which the court’s jurisdiction

depends, a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief, and

a demand for judgment for the relief the pleader seeks. Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a). It “does not require

detailed factual allegations, but it demands more than an unadorned, the-defendant-unlawfully-

harmed-me accusation.” Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (internal quotation marks

and citation omitted). Plaintiff, a resident of Jonesboro, Georgia, has sued the Office of the President of the

United States and President Joe Biden. In the one-page complaint, Plaintiff “avers that Defendants

are assaulting” him. He states that “Fourteenth Amendment rights violations include: 1) Invidious

desparate [sic] treatment, 2) Producing false medical records, 3) Human Rights violations” and

indicates that he has “suffered . . . lost productivity [and] mental exhaustion.” Plaintiff seeks an

immediate “Internship,” but he has not identified the basis of jurisdiction and alleged facts

establishing any entitlement to relief. Consequently, this case will be dismissed by separate order.

_________/s/___________ JIA M. COBB Date: October 19, 2023 United States District Judge