NELSON v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Filing 3

MEMORANDUM OPINION Signed by Judge Richard J. Leon on 6/29/2011. (ls, )

FILED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Albert S. Nelson,
Plaintiff,

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United States of America,
Defendant.

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Clerk, U.S. District & Bankruptcy
Courts for the District of Columbia

Civil Action No.

MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter is before the Court on review of the 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).
The plaintiff is a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Center in Coleman, Florida. He
sues the United States because the Attorney General allegedly allowed Bureau of Prisons staff to
collect his DNA "against [his] will under the threat of disciplinary action." CompI.

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1. Plaintiff

acknowledges that BOP was acting pursuant to the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of
2000,42 U.S.C. §§ 14135-14135e, which has been found to be constitutional. See Kaemmerling

v. Lappin, 553 F.3d 669, 678-86 (D.C. Cir. 2008). However, he claims that the collection of his
DNA was improper because the Attorney General "stood mute" knowing that "B.O.P. officials
[had] obtained an alleged certified judgment and commitment order from the United States
District Court ... procured as a result of fraud ... perpetrated by the United States Attorneys."
CompI.

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1. Because plaintiff does not suggest that his conviction or sentence has been officially

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invalidated for any reason, let alone for fraud, his claim is based on a false premise. Therefore,
the Court will dismiss the complaint as frivolous. See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325
(1989) (authorizing dismissal of a complaint as frivolous that contains "fanciful factual
allegation[s]"); Brandon v. District a/Columbia Bd. a/Parole, 734 F.2d 56,59 (D.C. Cir. 1984)
(finding complaint lacking "an arguable basis in law and fact" subject to dismissal as frivolous).
A separate Order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.

Date: June

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