JUSTICE v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 1:2020cv02301 - Document 3 (D.D.C. 2020)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION Signed by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on 8/25/2020. (adh, )
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JUSTICE v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Doc. 3 FILED 8/25/2020 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ROBERT V. JUSTICE, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Clerk, U.S. District & Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia Civil Action No. 20-2301 (UNA) Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION This matter is before the Court on its initial review of plaintiff’s application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and pro se complaint. The application will be granted, and the complaint will be dismissed. Plaintiff alleges that he is “no longer a productive member of the State,” Compl. ¶ 4, and considers it his “duty to the State . . . not to become a burden on it,” id. ¶ 6. For this reason, plaintiff allegedly “has a duty and privilege to purge (euthanize) himself.” Id. He asks the Court to issue an Order “[t]hat any hospital of [his] choosing and . . . instruction . . . shall administer pentobarbital to end his life.” Id. This is a matter over which the Court lacks jurisdiction, and the complaint must be dismissed. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(3). A separate order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion. DATE: August 25, 2020 /s/ COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY United States District Judge Dockets.Justia.com
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