Jones v. Sussex County Court of Common Pleas

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: February 23, 2017
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2017-0327
• Status: Published

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Matthew Jones, ) ) Plaintiff, ) Case: 1:17-cv-00327 ) Assigned To ; Unassigned v_ ) Assign. Date : 2/23/2017 § Description: Pro Se Gen. Civi| (F-DECK) Court of Common Pleas ln and For ) Sussex County, Delaware, ) ) Defendant. ) l\/lEl\/IORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, has submitted a Complaint and an application to proceed in forma pauperis The Court will grant the application and will dismiss this case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(3) (requiring dismissal of an action “at any time” the Court determines that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction).

Plaintiff is a resident of Greenwood, Delaware. He sues a Delaware state court but for what acts is unclear from the rambling allegations comprising the complaint. Federal district courts, such as this, generally lackjurisdiction to review the decisions of other courts. See Unitea' States v. Choz`, 818 F. Supp. 2d 79, 85 (D.D.C. 2011) (district courts “generally lack[] appellate jurisdiction over other judicial bodies, and cannot exercise appellate mandamus over other courts.”) (citing Lewis v. Green, 629 F. Supp. 546, 553 (D.D.C.l986)); Fleming v. Um'ted Smres, 847 F. Supp. 170, 172 (D.D.C. 1994), cerl. denied 513 U.S. 1150 (1995) (noting that “[b]y filing a complaint in this Court against . . .judges who have done nothing more than their duty . . . Fleming has instituted a meritless action”) (applying Distrl'ct of Columbz'a Court of

Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 482 (1983); Rooker v. Fl`a’ell`ly Trust C0., 263 U.S. 413, 415,

416 (1923)). Hence, this case will be dismissed A separate Order accompanies this

Memorandum Opinion.

Date: Februaryl l ,2017 United States District`Judge