Muhammad v. Star

Opinion

FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MAY 262009 FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Clerk,u.s. District and Bankruptcy Courts

Faraud K. Muhammad, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 09 0980 ) Secret CIA Agent Star et al., ) ) Defendants. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This matter is before the Court on review of plaintiff s pro se complaint and application

to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court will grant the application and will dismiss the

complaint as it is required to do "at any time [it] determines that ... the action ... is frivolous."

28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i).

Plaintiff, a homeless individual in the District of Columbia, sues three individuals he

identifies as agents of the Central Intelligence Agency. Plaintiff accuses the defendants of

various misdeeds, including defaming his character by "submitt[ing] video recording footage

onto a website [depicting him] as a pedophile" and hiding in his food and drink "cyanide poison,

a cancer infections virus known to the CIA as [illegible], the HIV virus, syphyllis [sic] and what I

believe is a physiologically based toxicokinetic risk assessment drug or photosynthetic chemical

[] known as poison acetone." CompI. at 1.

Complaints that describe fantastic or delusional scenarios are subject to dismissal under

28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319,328 (1989); Best v. Kelly, 39

F.3d 328,330-31 (D.C. Cir. 1994). Moreover, a complaint may be dismissed as frivolous when

it lacks "an arguable basis in law and fact," Brandon v. District of Columbia Bd. of Parole, 734

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F.2d 56, 59 (D.C. Cir.1984), or is based on "fanciful factual allegation[s]." Neitzke, 490 u.s. at

325. This complaint satisfies the foregoing conditions and, accordingly, will be dismissed. A

separate Order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.

Date: May 5, 2009