Meyers v. United States

CourtUnited States Court of Federal Claims
DecidedFebruary 24, 2014
Docket1:13-cv-00281
StatusUnpublished

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THE IINITED STATES,

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Maurice Maynard Meyers, Brooklyn, New York, Plaintiff, pro se.

Tanya Beth Koenig, Trial Attomey, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., Counsel for the Govemment.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND FINAL ORDER

BRADEN, -/adge.

I. RELEVANT FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND,'

Pro se litigant Colonel Maurice Maynard Meyers ("Plaintiff') has filed an Amended Complaint that contains numerous allegations and requests for relief. First, the Amended

I The relevant facts discussed herein were derived from: Plaintiff s Aprll 22' 2013 Complaint; Plaintiff s August 28, 2013 Motions; Plaintiffs September 23,2013 Motion; Plaintiffs September 30,2013 Memorandum; Plaintiff s November 6,2013 Letter; Plaintiff s November 12, 2013 Motion; Plaintiff s November 20, 2013 Amended Complaint; Plaintiffs November 21,2013 Letters; Plaintiffs November 21,2013 Memorandum on Suspension of Habeas Corpus; PlaintifPs November 21, 2013 Amended Document, Amendment to the Complaint; Plaintiff s January 3, 2014 Response to the Govemment's December 9, 2013 Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint (hereinafter collectively "the Amended Complaint").

The court's factual discussion also is informed by In re Maurice Maynard Meyers' No. 13-572,2013 WL 5502825 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 2,2013) and Meyers v. Health & Hosp. Corp.' No. 12-436 (CBA), slip op. (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 30,2012) (habeas dismissed as moot), reconsideration denied, 2012 wL 301 103 1 (Iuly 23, 2012). Complaint alleges that Plaintiff attended a preliminary hearing in the District of Columbia Superior Court where the United States Attomey failed to appear. The Amended Complaint requests that the court eliminate the United States Attomeys' Office. Am. Compl. (Dkt. No. 1 at 2,3).

Second, the Amended Complaint seeks an injunction against certain Govemment agencies and to bar the effect of decisions made by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Am. Compl. (Dkt. No. I at2,3,9); Am. Compl. (Dkt. No.23 at I-3); see also Meyers v. Soc. Sec. Admin., No. 09-2701 , slip op. (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 30, 2009), reconsideration denied (Aug. 19, 2010). After unsuccessfully applying for social security benefits in Brooklyn, New York, Plaintiff applied for these benefits in Baltimore, Maryland. Am. Compl. (Dkt. No. 24 at 3). The next day, two special agents came to Plaintiff s house and asked his sister to be the payee and forced Plaintiff to sign a payee form. Am. Compl. (Dkt. No. 24 aI3). The Amended Complaint seeks $1.5 million dollars in punitive damages in addition to a lump sum payment for Plaintiff s unpaid social secwity payments. Am. Compl. (Dkt. No. 24 at 3).

Third. the Amended Complaint cites a series of Doe cases in the United States Court of Federal Claims2 and requests that the court provide Plaintiff with a list of names of the employees who opted into those cases for future litigation. Am. Compl. (Dkt. No' 1 at 3), Am' Compl. (Dkt. No. I at 8). The Amended Complaint also requests that the court issue a cease and desist order of those proceedings. Am. Compl. (Dkt. No. 1 at 9).

Fourth, the Amended Complaint alleges that Plaintiff was the subject of a wrongful "suspension of habeas corpus" by former President James Carter in 1978 and former President William Clinton in 2000. Am. Compl. (Dkt. No. 20 at l). For these actions, Plaintiff seeks $800 million dollars from each President, for a total of $ 1.6 billion dollars. Am. Compl. (Dkt. No. 23 at 1). The Amended Complaint further seeks to enforce a "motion for discovery" to the Air Force for information about research and development proposals. Am. Compl. (Dkt' No. 20 at 8). The Amended Complaint also alleges that Plaintiff was taken from his home in 1978, because he uncovered a conspiracy against an "established congressman." Am. Compl. (Dkt. No. 23 at 5). Apparently in retaliation, Plaintiff claims that he was abducted by three police officers and taken to the Kings County Hospital Center after someone filed false psychiatric claims against him. Am. Compl. (Dkt. No. 2l at 2); see also Am. Compl. (Dkt. No. 23 at 4) ("Conversion to Voluntary Status" form, indicating that Plaintiff was converted to voluntary status at the Kingsboro Psychiatric Hospital on October 28,2013).

Fifth, the Amended Complaint requests retroactive military pay and an update of Plaintiff s military records. Apparently, Plaintiff cunently is engaged in sending unsolicited proposals to the United States Air Force, the United States Marine Corps, and the United States Navy for research and development, procurement and acquisitions, and military readiness. Am.

' v. United States,463 F.3d 1314 (Fed. Cir. 2006); Doe v. United States, See, e.g., Doe 372F.3d 1347(Fed. Cir.2004),reh'gdenied (Sep. 1,2004); seealsoDoev. UnitedStates,63 Fed. Cl. 798 (2005); Doe v. United States,54 Fed. Cl. a04 Q002); Doe v. United States,47 Fed. Cl. 594 (2000); Doe v. United States, 46 Fed. Cl. 399 (2000). Compl. (Dkt. No. 19 at l-2). Similar proposals also were sent to the Marine Corps Systems Command that subsequently adopted Plaintifls "rifle weapon" proposal. Am. Compl. (Dkt. No. 20 at 6). In addition, the Amended Complaint alleges that Plaintiff has submitted a "concept" describing the "M-l Space Bomber" for which Plaintiff seeks a one percent "suggestion award." Am. Compl. (Dkt. No. 20 at 1,5-7).

Sixth, the Amended Complaint seeks reinstatement of Social Security benefits for the period o-f time that Plaintiff spent in the Kingsboro Psychiatric Center. Am. Compl. (Dkt. No. 21 at t-3).i The Amended Complaint alleges that Plaintiff was improperly denied certain Social Security benefits for the period November 2006 until January 2011. Am. Compl. (Dkt. No. 24 at 1-4).

On December 9,2013, the Govemment filed a Motion To Dismiss. On January 3,2014, Plaintiff filed an "Answer To Motion To Dismiss." On January 16,2014, the Govemment filed a Reply.

II. DISCUSSION.

A. Jurisdiction.

The United States Court of Federal Claims has jurisdiction under the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. $ 1491, "to render judgment upon any claim against the United States founded either upon the Constitution, or any Act of Congress or any regulation of an executive department, or upon any express or implied contract with the United States, or for liquidated or unliquidated damages in cases not sounding in tort." 28 U.S.C. S 1a91(a)(l). The Tucker Act, however, is "a jurisdictional statute; it does not create any substantive right enforceable against the United States for money damages . . . . [T]he Act merely confers jurisdiction upon [the United States Court of Federal Claims] whenever the substantive right exists." United States v. Testan, 424 u.s. 392, 398 (1976).

Therefore, to pursue a substantive right under the Tucker Act, a plaintiff must identify and plead an independent contractual relationship, Constitutional provision, federal statute, and/or executive agency regulation that provides a substantive right to money damages. .See Todd v. united States, 386 F.3d 1091, 1094 (Fed. Cir.

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