Flores v. United States Attorney General et al
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MEMORANDUM OPINION - The court dismisses the plaintiff's complaint. 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) (KLF)
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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______________________________)
8:15CV379
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Plaintiff Eric Flores filed a complaint (Filing No. 1)
and a Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis (Filing No.
3) on October 16, 2015.
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 96-page “Petition to Challenge the
Constitutionality of the First Amendment.”
CM/ECF p. 1.)
(Filing No. 1 at
Flores filed a nearly identical complaint in this
Court on April 8, 2015 (Flores v. United States Attorney General,
4:15CV3038-LES-PRSE), which the Court dismissed with prejudice as
frivolous.
As he did in his prior case, here, Flores 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
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him, his family members, and other Mexican-Americans.
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.
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 once again 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
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proper, as none of the facts alleged in the complaint occurred in
the District of Nebraska.
A separate order will be entered in
accordance with this memorandum opinion.
DATED this 4th day of November, 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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