WEST v. CABRAL, No. 1:2009cv02181 - Document 3 (D.D.C. 2009)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION Signed by Judge Paul L. Friedman on 10/26/09. (ls, )
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FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Leothis West, Plaintiff, v. Anna Escobedo Cabral, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) NOV 19 2009 Clerk, U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts Civil Action No. O~ 2181 MEMORANDUM OPINION This matter is before the Court on its initial review of plaintiffs 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. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i). Plaintiff, a District of Columbia resident, sues former United States Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral for $100,000, claiming "Fraud and False Statement (In God We Trust)." The one-page complaint includes a copy of the front and back sides of the one dollar bill. A complaint may be dismissed as frivolous when, as here, "there is indisputably absent any factual and legal basis for the asserted wrong." Brandon v. District of Columbia Bd. of Parole, 734 F.2d 56,59 (D.C. Cir. 1984). A separate Order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion. Date: October ~, 2009 1;\ 3
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