Flores v. United States Attorney General, et al
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MEMORANDUM OPINION regarding Complaint 1 . A separate order will be entered in accordance with this memorandum opinion. Ordered by Senior Judge Lyle E. Strom. (Copy mailed to pro se party) (MKR)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
ERIC FLORES,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
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GENERAL and FEDERAL BUREAU
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OF INVESTIGATION,
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Defendants.
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______________________________)
4:15CV3038
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Plaintiff Eric Flores filed his complaint (Filing No.
1) on April 8, 2015.
The Court granted him leave to proceed in
forma pauperis in this action.
The Court now conducts an initial
review of the complaint to determine whether summary dismissal is
appropriate under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2).
The Court is required to review in forma pauperis
complaints to determine whether summary dismissal is appropriate.
See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e).
The Court must dismiss a complaint or
any portion of it that states a frivolous or malicious claim,
that fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or
that seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from
such relief.
28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B).
Pro se plaintiffs must set forth enough factual
allegations to “nudge[] their claims across the line from
conceivable to plausible,” or “their complaint must be
dismissed.”
Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 569-70
(2007); see also Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (“A
claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual
content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference
that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged.”).
Here, Flores filed a 67-page “Petition to Challenge the
Constitutionality of the First Amendment.”
CM/ECF p. 1.)
(Filing No. 1 at
He named the United States Attorney General and
the Federal Bureau of Investigation as the respondents.
He seeks
to certify a class of Mexican-American citizens who are in
imminent danger.
His allegations pertain to the actions of “an
organized group of executive employees of the federal
government.”
He alleged this group of federal employees “set[]
up their own court of common law” specifically established to
deprive him of his constitutional rights.
(Id. at CM/ECF p. 10.)
He also alleged, among other things, that this group of federal
employees directed genetic-code altering satellite transmissions
from outer space at him, his family members, and other MexicanAmericans.
None of the events Flores described in his complaint
occurred in Nebraska.
The Court notes Flores has made identical or similar
filings in numerous other district courts across the country.
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See, e.g., Flores v. United States Attorney General, No. 3:15-CV00217-RCJ, 2015 WL 3949090 (D. NV. June 29, 2015); Flores v.
United States Attorney General, No. CV 15-32-H-DLC-JTJ, 2015 WL
3650038 (D. MT June 11, 2015); Flores v. United States Attorney
General, Nos. 15-5026-JLV, 15-5028-JLV, 2015 WL 3644836 (W.D. SD.
June 10, 2015); Flores v. United States Attorney General, No. 1511359, 2015 WL 3407926 (E.D. Mich. May 27, 2015).
The Court will dismiss Flores’s complaint because his
allegations are entirely baseless, fanciful, fantastic, or
delusional.
See Denton v. Hernandez, 504 U.S. 25, 32-34 (1992)
(court may dismiss complaint of plaintiff proceeding in forma
pauperis as frivolous, and disregard clearly baseless, fanciful,
fantastic, or delusional factual allegations).
In addition, as a
pro se litigant, Flores may not represent the interests of other
parties.
Litschewski v. Dooley, No. 11-4105-RAL, 2012 WL
3023249, at *1 n. 1 (D.S.D. July 24, 2012), aff’d, 502 Fed. Appx.
630 (8th Cir. 2013).
Finally, the Court must dismiss Flores’s
complaint because venue in this district is not proper, as none
of the facts alleged in the complaint occurred in the District of
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Nebraska.
A separate order will be entered in accordance with
this memorandum opinion.
DATED this 13th day of July, 2015.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Lyle E. Strom
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LYLE E. STROM, Senior Judge
United States District Court
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