Starks-El v. Obama
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Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
David Starks-El, ) Plaintiff, § v i civil Acri@n N@_ © 01 ~ q l ‘? ) Barack Obama el al., g F l D Defendants. § JUN l 0 2009
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter is before the Court on review of plaintiff s pro se complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis The application will be granted and the complaint will be dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A (requiring dismissal of a prisoner’s complaint upon a determination that the complaint, among other grounds, is frivolous or fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted).
Plaintiff, a Texas state prisoner, alleges that defendants are "subjecting [him] to the deprivation of his ‘liberty’ in the collecting ofa monetary debt in reparations under [the Constitution]." Compl. at 2. To the extent that plaintiff is challenging his sentence, he must pursue such a claim in the sentencing court. In any event, the vague allegation fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted and is simply frivolous. See Brandon v. Dislrict of Columbz`a Ba’. ofParole, 734 F.Zd 56, 59 (D.C. Cir. 1984) (friv0lous complaint lacks "an arguable basis in law and fact"). A separate Order of dismissal accompanies this Memorandum
Opinion.
Date: June 2009 United a es District Judge
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