PEREIRA v. GEITHNER et al

Filing 3

MEMORANDUM OPINION Signed by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on 1/8/2010. (ls, )

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

Maria Lurdes Pereira, Plaintiff, v. Timothy Geithner and Treasury of U.S. Defendants.

Civil Action No.

10 0095

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.

Date: January

fL L, 2010

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