WILDER v. HENDERSON WEBB, INC et al, No. 1:2009cv02446 - Document 4 (D.D.C. 2009)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 12/21/09. (ls, )
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FILED DEC 302009 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Lawrence Wilder, Sr., Plaintiff, v. Hendersen Webb, Inc., et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. Clerk, U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts O!} 2446 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before the Court is the plaintiffs pro se complaint and application to proceed informa pauperis. The application will be granted and the complaint will be dismissed. The plaintiff, a self-described "psychiatrically disabled 44-year-old African American male," Compl. at 1-2 (punctuation and spelling altered), purports to bring claims under several federal statutes and the common law, and demands $200,789,113.00 in damages. The sevenpage complaint is rambling and incoherent. It makes mention of numerous public personalities, including John Gotti, Congressman Elijah Cummings, see id. at 3, "Baltimore City Mayor Sheila Dixon," id. at 4, and several Maryland state and federal judges, id. at 5. In addition to alleging that the plaintiff was falsely accused "for the purpose of violating my due process, disrespecting my Janet Reno DOJ pardon, suppressing evidence to prove my innocence, and stopping my intervention of the New Haven Firefighters Supreme Court case," the complaint alleges that "U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit judge Williams stalked the plaintiff in Bedford, Pennsylvania at the Pennsylvania Turnpike tollbooth." Id. at 6. A complaint such as this one that describes fantastic or delusional scenarios is subject to immediate dismissal. See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 328 (1989); Best v. Kelly, 39 F.3d 328, 330-31 (D.C. Cir. 1994). Moreover, a complaint may be dismissed as frivolous when it lacks "an arguable basis in law and fact." Brandon v. District a/Columbia Bd. a/Parole, 734 F.2d 56,59 (D.C. Cir. 1984). Accordingly, this compl' A separate appropriate order accompanies hi Date: /1-/:t /! 0 '1 wr~~ismissed. ) morandum opinion. //I~ ~' Unitdd States District Judge
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