COLBERT v. HAMILTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Filing 3

MEMORANDUM OPINION Signed by Judge Ellen S. Huvelle on 5/25/2011. (ls, )

FILED

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Antonio Colbert,
Plaintiff,
v.

Hamilton County Courthouse,
Defendant.

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MAY 3 1 2011
Clerk,

u.s. District & Bankruptcy

Coutts for the District ot Columbia

Civil Action No.

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1014

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 the county courthouse in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In a single-paragraph complaint, plaintiff alleges that "for a 12 year period," defendant "robbed
[him] of [his] 5th Amendment right' Due Process'! Enduring threw [sic] such hardship and
malicious persecution." He seeks $60 million "in restitution."
A complaint may be dismissed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) as frivolous when it
describes fantastic or delusional scenarios, contains "fanciful factual aUegation[s]," Neitzke v.

Williams, 490 U.S. 319,325 (1989), or lacks "an arguable basis in law and fact." Brandon v.
District of Columbia Bd. of Parole, 734 F.2d 56,59 (D.C. Cir. 1984). This complaint qualifies
for such treatment. A separate Order of dismissal accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.

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