Orloski v. Terrorist Screening Center et al

Filing 15

ORDER: The Magistrate Judge is requested to undertake a renewed analysis of Plaintiff's Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, or in the alternative, to make reduced payments on a payment plan. Those Motions (Doc. ## 2 , 3 , 8 ) remain referred to Judge Pizzo for the issuance of a Report and Recommendation. Signed by Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington on 5/8/2018. (KAK)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION
CHRISTOPHER ORLOSKI,
Plaintiff,
Case No. 8:18-cv-709-T-33MAP
v.
TERRORIST SCREENING CENTER, ET AL.,
Defendants.
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ORDER
Pro se Plaintiff Christopher Orloski initiated this
action on March 16, 2018, by filing a 58-page complaint
against various federal and state actors. (Doc. # 1).

Among

other grievances, Plaintiff claims that he has been wrongly
classified as a terrorist.
to

proceed

in

forma

He filed a Motion seeking leave

pauperis

in

connection

with

the

complaint. (Doc. ## 2, 3). Thereafter, he filed a Motion
alternatively

requesting

the

opportunity

to

pay

reduced

filing fees on a payment plan. (Doc. # 8).
On April 4, 2018, Judge Pizzo issued a detailed Report
and Recommendation (Doc. # 11) finding that “Plaintiff’s
complaint fails to state a claim.” (Id. at 3).

Judge Pizzo

determined that the Complaint should be dismissed and that

in forma pauperis status should be denied.

Judge Pizzo

explained that Plaintiff “devotes most of the 58 pages to
promoting his self-published books, enumerating the ways the
government deceives us by waging wars under false pretenses,
theorizing that the United States government is actually a
terrorist
wasting

organization,
taxpayers’

and

accusing

money

to

the

government

‘surveil

Plaintiff

of
and

assassinate his character worldwide.’” (Id. at 3-4)(citing
Doc. # 1 at 23-24).

Judge Pizzo pointed out many irrelevant

tangents included in the complaint, such as a discussion of
Plaintiff’s

cat,

Copernicus

Storm,

being

a

known

or

suspected terrorist as well as a description of Plaintiff’s
Tae Kwon Do lessons in 1994. Judge Pizzo also mentions that
Plaintiff has, since 2015, “filed ten cases in the Middle
District of Florida – always suing government agencies or
big business.” (Doc. # 11 at 4).
After Judge Pizzo issued his Report and Recommendation,
Plaintiff filed a Response to the Report and Recommendation
requesting leave to amend the complaint. (Doc. # 12). He
explained
assistance

that

he

program

planned
held

to

in

seek

the

aid

Clerk’s

from

the

Office.

legal
(Id.).

Thereafter, the Court granted Plaintiff leave to amend the
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complaint, finding that Plaintiff was entitled to amend the
complaint as a matter of right under the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure. (Doc. # 13).

Therefore, the Court declined

to adopt the Report and Recommendation, as it was based on
an obviated complaint.
On April 24, 2018, Plaintiff timely filed a twelvecount Amended Complaint. (Doc. # 14).

The Amended Complaint

sues ten government agencies and 100 John Doe Defendants.
Among

other

damages.
filed,

relief,

Plaintiff

seeks

$40,000,000.00

in

Now that the Amended Complaint has been timely
the

Court

requests

that

the

Magistrate

Judge

undertake a renewed analysis of Plaintiff’s Motion for leave
to proceed in forma pauperis, or in the alternative, to make
reduced payments on a payment plan.

Those Motions (Doc. ##

2, 3, 8) remain referred to Judge Pizzo for the issuance of
a Report and Recommendation.
Accordingly, it is now
ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED:
The

Magistrate

Judge

is

requested

to

undertake

a

renewed analysis of Plaintiff’s Motion for leave to proceed
in forma pauperis, or in the alternative, to make reduced
payments on a payment plan. Those Motions (Doc. ## 2, 3, 8)
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remain referred to Judge Pizzo for the issuance of a Report
and Recommendation.
DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, in Tampa, Florida, this
8th day of May, 2018.

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