HURT v. UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES et al

Filing 3

ORDER OF DISMISSAL granting 2 Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis By JUDGE GEORGE Z. SINGAL. (lrc)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MAINE
TYRONE HURT,
Plaintiff,
v.
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, et al.,
Defendants.

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ORDER OF DISMISSAL
Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Complaint, contained within the Complaint is an “affidavit
of poverty,” which the Court treats as a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court assumes
that Plaintiff’s financial information is as represented in his most recently filed application to
proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 4 in D. Me. Docket # 1:14-cv-416-GZS). Therefore, his
Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (ECF No. 2) is hereby GRANTED. Upon the Court’s
review of the Complaint, the Court concludes this case must be DISMISSED in accordance with
28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2).
To the extent that the handwritten Complaint contains any discernable allegations, it
appears that Plaintiff, a resident of the District of Columbia, is attempting to bring a case against
the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. His request for relief
indicates he is seeking a million dollars in damages as well as the elimination of the Federal Equal
Credit Opportunity Act and the Consumer Credit Protection Act. In short, the Complaint does not
articulate a personal, particularized injury to Plaintiff and fails to state any plausible claim against
the named defendants, particularly a claim that would be properly venued in the District of Maine.
Thus, the Court concludes the present Complaint fails to state a claim and must be DISMISSED.

The Court notes that Mr. Hurt began filing frivolous complaints with this Court on August
21, 2014 and to-date has filed 14 such cases. It appears that Plaintiff mailed the present complaint
to this Court on November 17, 2014. On November 19, 2014, this Court dismissed a different
frivolous case filed by Mr. Hurt and issued him a first Cok warning, as is customary in this Circuit.
(See ECF No. 2 in D. Me. Docket # 1:14-cv-484-GZS.) On November 24, 2014, the Court
reiterated its Cok warning in connection with dismissing another frivolous case filed by Mr. Hurt.
(See ECF No. 3 in D. Me. Docket # 1:14-cv-499-GZS.) This Order marks the eighth summary
dismissal of a case filed by this Plaintiff and the third and final warning to Mr. Hurt that the Court
will restrict his filing in the District of Maine if he mails further complaints to this Court that are
similarly illegibly handwritten and substantively frivolous.
The Court hereby certifies that any appeal from this Order would not be taken in good faith
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3).
SO ORDERED.
/s/ George Z. Singal
United States District Judge
Dated this 1st day of December, 2014.

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