Trezon Griffin v. Sarah Huckabee; et al.

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION

TREZON GRIFFIN ADC #184079 PLAINTIFF

v. 4:25-cv-01097-JM-JJV

SARAH HUCKABEE; et al. DEFENDANTS

RECOMMENDED DISPOSITION The following Recommended Disposition (“Recommendation”) has been sent to United States District Judge James M. Moody Jr. Any party may serve and file written objections to this Recommendation. Objections should be specific and include the factual or legal basis for the objection. If the objection is to a factual finding, specifically identify that finding and the evidence that supports your objection. Your objections must be received in the office of the United States District Court Clerk no later than fourteen (14) days from the date of this Recommendation. Failure to file timely objections may result in a waiver of the right to appeal questions of fact. I. INTRODUCTION Trezon Griffin (“Plaintiff”) is a prisoner in the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Division of Correction who has filed a pro se Complaint. The Prison Litigation Reform Act requires federal courts to screen prisoner complaints seeking relief against a governmental entity, officer, or employee. 28 U.S.C. ' 1915A. The court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims that: (a) are legally frivolous or malicious; (b) fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted; or (c) seek monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. Id. When conducting this review, the court construes pro se pleadings liberally. Solomon v. Petray, 795 F.3d 777, 787 (8th Cir. 2015). But “labels and conclusions,” “formulaic recitation[s] of the elements of a cause of action,” and “naked assertions devoid of further factual 1 enhancement” are insufficient to plead a plausible claim. Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009). Instead, the complaint must provide “sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.” Id. II. ALLEGATIONS Plaintiff has filed a thirty-one page Complaint against sixteen named Defendants, including

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee and Attorney General Tim Griffin, as well as a variety of unknown Doe Defendants. (Doc. 1.) Plaintiff says he is a member of the “Moorish Scientist Militia” and “Black American Armada Mandate” seeking relief pursuant to the “Powhatton Region Aboriginal’s Religious Resurrection Mandate,” the “Anti-Terrorism Law,” the Emancipation Proclamation and other “laws” for a variety of incomprehensible wrongdoings. Plaintiff’s fanciful and conclusory allegations lack an arguable basis in either law or fact. Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989); see also Iqbal, 556 U.S. at (Souter, J., dissenting) (a court does not have to accept as true “allegations that are sufficiently fantastic to defy reality as we know it: claims about little green men, or the plaintiff's recent trip to Pluto, or experiences in time travel”). And, he has

not provided any realistic facts suggesting a state actor, or person acting under color of state law, violated his constitutional rights. 42 U.S.C. § 1983; Henley v. Brown, 686 F.3d 634, 640 (8th Cir. 2012). Thus, I conclude the Complaint should be dismissed without prejudice as being frivolous and failing to state a plausible claim for relief. See Denton v. Hernandez, 504 U.S. 25, 32-33 (1992). III. CONCLUSION IT IS, THEREFORE, RECOMMENDED that; 1. The Complaint (Doc. 1) be DISMISSED without prejudice, and this case be CLOSED.

2 2. The Court recommend that, in the future, dismissal of this action be counted as a strike under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). 3. The Court certify, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), that an in forma pauperis appeal from an Order adopting this Recommendation and the accompanying Judgment would not be taken in good faith. DATED this 17th day of December 2025. ty PE UNNYDSTATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE