Pereira v. Geithner

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: January 20, 2010
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2010-0095
• Status: Published

Opinion

FILED JAN 2 0 20tO UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Clerk, U.S. District and FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 8ankruptcy Courts

) Maria Lurdes Pereira, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 10 0095 ) Timothy Geithner and Treasury of U.S. ) ) Defendants. ) )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

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

application for leave to proceed in Jorma pauperis. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e), the Court is

required to dismiss a complaint upon a determination that it, among other grounds, is frivolous.

28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i).

Plaintiff, a District of Columbia resident, sues Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner,

claiming that he "refused to do the job." CompI. at I. She seeks "the 7.5 billion dollars from the

illegal trade .... ", id. at 2, that she appears to attribute to Geithner, id. at 1. The rest of the

complaint is simply incomprehensible. Complaints that describe fantastic or delusional scenarios

or contain "fanciful factual allegation[s]" are subject to dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2).

Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319,325 (1989); accord Best v. Kelly, 39 F.3d 328,330-31 (D.C.

Cir. 1994). This complaint qualifies for such treatment and, thus, is dismissed. A separate Order

accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.

fL Date: January L, 2010

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