Johnson v. Obama et al

Filing 17

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER : IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis [Doc. 2] is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall not issue process or cause process to issue upon the complaint because the complaint is frivolous. An appropriate Order of Dismissal shall accompany this Memorandum and Order.. Signed by Honorable Rodney W. Sippel on 6/3/11. (LGK)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
JEFFREY L. G. JOHNSON,
Plaintiff,
v.
BARACK H. OBAMA, et al.,
Defendants.

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No. 4:10CV2303 RWS

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on its initial review of plaintiff’s 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. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B).
Plaintiff, a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, purports to be an “executor.” He
sues several categories of high-level government officials, including the current and
former presidents of the United States, justices of the Supreme Court, speakers of the
U.S. House of Representatives, attorneys general, directors of the Central
Intelligence Agency, directors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and various
others. Plaintiff summarizes his lengthy complaint as “charg[ing] the Defendants
[with] knowingly and recklessly participating in a conspiracy with state actors of the
State of Missouri in a scheme stemming from the initial defrauding of an estate, to

executing a domestic surveillance and intercept program by the Defendant, (U.S.),
under a shroud of secrecy by the federal Courts, the office of the Chief Executive of
the President(s), the U.S. Congress and State actors of the State of Missouri from
1988-present.”
Complaints that describe fantastic or delusional scenarios or contain “fanciful
factual allegation[s]” are subject to dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). Neitzke
v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989); see also, Denton v. Hernandez, 504 U.S. 25,
32-33 (1992). This complaint qualifies for such treatment and, thus, will be
dismissed.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma
pauperis [Doc. #2] is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall not issue process or cause
process to issue upon the complaint because the complaint is frivolous.
An appropriate Order of Dismissal shall accompany this Memorandum and
Order.
Dated this 3rd day of June, 2011.

RODNEY W. SIPPEL
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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