Marcos-Chavela v New York City 9-11 Memorial Museum

Filing 3

ORDER re Plaintiff's #1 Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. The Court DISMISSES the complaint with prejudice and strikes the application to proceed in forma pauperis as MOOT. Signed by U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour. (SR) (cc: Plaintiff via U.S. mail)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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SUSAN MARCOS-CHAVELA,
Plaintiff,

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CASE NO. C22-1060-JCC
ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v.
NEW YORK CITY 9-11 MEMORIAL
MUSEUM, et al.,
Defendants.

Plaintiff has filed a pro se complaint against the New York 9-11 Memorial Museum,
Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Said Bin Faisal, NBC, Governor Kahty Hochul, and
Jacob Stephens. Dkt. 1. Plaintiff also seeks to proceed in forma pauperis. Id.
When a person seeks to proceed in forma pauperis the Court must review the complaint
and dismiss it if it is “frivolous, or malicious; fails to state a claim upon which relief may be
granted; or seeks monetary relief against a defendant immune from such relief.” 28 U.S.C. §
1915(e)(2)(B); See also Calhoun v. Stahl, 254 F.3d 845, 845 (9th Cir. 2001) (“[T]he provisions
of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) are not limited to prisoners.”); Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122,
1126-27 (9th Cir. 2000). Section 1915(e)(2) requires a court reviewing a complaint filed under
the IFP provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915 to rule on its own motion to dismiss before directing
service by the U.S. Marshal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(c)(2). Lopez at 1126.

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Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2), a pleading must contain “a short and plain statement of the

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claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.” A plaintiff need not give “detailed factual

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allegations,” but must plead sufficient facts that, if true, “raise a right to relief above the

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speculative level.” Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 545 (2007). To state a claim upon

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which relief may be granted “a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true,

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to ‘state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.’” Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678

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(2009) (quoting Twombly, 550 U.S. at 547). A claim is facially plausible when the factual

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allegations permit “the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the

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misconduct alleged.” Id.

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The complaint here is largely unreadable and incomprehensible. It appears to allege

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“Acts of Treason”; “governmental telling of lies”; “Ohio original 9-11 rules in continuance –

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then to Egypt”; “Mubarek [sic] and other Arab leaders.” These fanciful and unsupported

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allegations should be dismissed because they present no point of law that is arguable on the

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merits. See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989) (“Courts of Appeals have recognized

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§ 1915(d)’s term “frivolous,” when applied to a complaint, embraces not only the inarguable

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legal conclusion, but also the fanciful factual allegation. and not supported by any facts.”); see

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also Norton v. Amador Cnty. Detention Facility, 2009 WL 3824755 slip op. at 2 (E.D. Cal. 2009)

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(listing cases dismissed based upon fantastical or delusional allegations).

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Further, none of the Defendants are residents of this federal district and there is nothing

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showing the alleged actions occurred within the district. The complaint is thus filed in the wrong

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federal district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). When a case is filed in the wrong federal district the

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Court shall dismiss the case, or if it be in the interest of justice, transfer the case to any district in

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which it could have been brought. 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). As noted above the complaint is

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frivolous and thus dismissal, not transfer, is appropriate. For the foregoing reasons, the Court

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DISMISSES the complaint with prejudice and strikes the application to proceed in forma

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pauperis as MOOT.

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DATED this 1st day of August 2022.

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JOHN C. COUGHENOUR
United States District Judge

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