West v. Cabral

Opinion

FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NOV 19 2009 FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Clerk, U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts Leothis West, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) Civil Action No. O~ 2181 Anna Escobedo Cabral, ) ) Defendant. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

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

application for leave to proceed in forma 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 former United States Treasurer Anna

Escobedo Cabral for $100,000, claiming "Fraud and False Statement (In God We Trust)." The

one-page complaint includes a copy of the front and back sides of the one dollar bill. A

complaint may be dismissed as frivolous when, as here, "there is indisputably absent any factual

and legal basis for the asserted wrong." Brandon v. District of Columbia Bd. of Parole, 734 F.2d

56,59 (D.C. Cir. 1984). A separate Order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.

- Date: October ~, 2009

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