Rafa El v. City of Baltimore Incorporated et al

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MEMORANDUM. Signed by Judge James K. Bredar on 9/27/11. (apl, Deputy Clerk)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
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RAAJ AMEXEM MOOR RAFA EL,

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Plaintiff

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v.

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CITY OF BALTIMORE et al.,
Defendants
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CIVIL NO. JKB-11-2639

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MEMORANDUM
Plaintiff Raaj Amexem Moor Rafa El has sued the City of Baltimore and the city circuit
court clerk, Frank M. Conaway. (ECF No. 1.) His complaint purports to raise a federal
question. He complains that he asked for a copy of various officials’ sworn oaths and that all he
has received is a blank oath. He asks the defendants be “punished” for various alleged crimes.
Rafa El has not paid a filing fee. He has filed an additional paper entitled, in part,
“Motion to Proceed in Propia Persona” and says it should not be construed as a motion for leave
to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) since he is not a pauper. (ECF No. 2.) Notwithstanding
the fact that the attached affidavit has not been completed or signed, the motion shall be
provisionally granted. The complaint has been reviewed and shall be summarily dismissed.
This Court may preliminarily review the claims in a plaintiff’s complaint and dismiss the
complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e) prior to service if it is satisfied that it has no factual or
legal basis and it is frivolous on its face. See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 328 (1989); see
also Denton v. Hernandez, 504 U.S. 25, 33 (1992); Cochran v. Morris, 73 F.3d 1310, 1314 (4th
Cir. 1996). As explained by the Supreme Court in Neitzke: “Examples of [factually baseless

lawsuits] are claims describing fanciful or delusional scenarios, with which federal district
judges are all too familiar.” Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. at 328. Under these standards, the
Court concludes Rafa-El’s complaint is frivolous. Accordingly, the complaint will be dismissed
by separate order.

DATED this 27th day of September, 2011.

BY THE COURT:

/s/
James K. Bredar
United States District Judge

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