Severson v. Trump

• Court: District Court, W.D. Washington
• Decided: May 30, 2025
• Docket: 2:25-cv-00992
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

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4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 ALONZO JAMICHAEL SEVERSON, CASE NO. 2:25-cv-00992-JHC 8

ORDER 9 Plaintiff, 10 v. 11 DONALD J TRUMP ET AL.,

12 Defendants. 13

14 This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff Alonzo Jamichael Severson’s motion for 15 leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP), Dkt. # 1, and sua sponte. The Court GRANTS 16 Severson’s motion for leave to proceed IFP. 17 A complaint filed by a plaintiff proceeding IFP is subject to a mandatory sua sponte 18 review and the court “shall dismiss the case at any time if the court determines that . . . the action 19 or appeal—(i) is frivolous or malicious; (ii) fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted; 20 or (iii) seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief.” 28 U.S.C. 21 § 1915(e)(2)(B); see Calhoun v. Stahl, 254 F.3d 845 (9th Cir. 2001) (“[T]he provisions of 28 22 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) are not limited to prisoners.”). 23 24 1 Severson’s complaint is essentially a copy of his complaint in a prior case that was 2 dismissed with prejudice. Compare Severson v. Trump Organization, 2:24-cv-01748-JLR, at 3 Dkt # 5 (W.D. Wash. Oct. 29, 2024), with Dkt. # 1-1. The only difference is that he has changed

4 the relief sought from five billion dollars to $35,100,000,000.1 “[A]n IFP complaint ‘that merely 5 repeats pending or previously litigated claims’ is subject to dismissal as frivolous.” Baize v. 6 Austin, 2016 WL 4127803, at *2 (S.D. Cal. Aug. 3, 2016) (citing Cato v. United States, 70 F.3d 7 1103, 1105 n.2 (9th Cir. 1995)). 8 Thus, the Court DISMISSES Severson’s complaint with prejudice under 28 U.S.C. 9 § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i). 10 Dated this 30th day of May, 2025. 11 12 a John H. Chun 13 United States District Judge 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

1 He also adds a new Defendant, “New Trump Organization,” but the address for this entity is the 24 same as the address for “The Trump Organization.” Dkt. # 1-1 at 3.