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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD ROUSAY,

Plaintiff,

v.

JEFF MIESELER, et al.,

Defendants.

CIV S-05-1261 LKK PAN PS

ORDER

—NFN—

On July 6, 2005, this court denied plaintiff’s

application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §

1915 because the application was incomplete. The court directed

plaintiff to file a completed application within twenty days,

with which plaintiff timely complied July 18.

Plaintiff has now answered every question on the

application. He states he has no dependents, is not currently

employed but last earned $7000 gross from October 2004 to March

2005, that he owns a 1983 BMW worth $1000.00, and has $50.15 in a

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bank account.

Plaintiff’s affidavit demonstrates that because of

poverty he cannot pay or give security for court costs and still

be able to provide himself with the necessities of life. See

Adkins v. E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Co., 335 U.S. 331, 339 (1948). 

Accordingly, plaintiff’s application is granted. The clerk of

the court is directed to open a civil file. 

Upon review of the complaint, however, I find that

plaintiff fails to state a claim upon which relief may be

granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). A federal court must

dismiss the complaint of a plaintiff proceeding, or seeking to

proceed, in forma pauperis if at any time the court determines

the action is frivolous, malicious, fails to state a claim upon

which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a

defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. §§

1915(e)(2)(B)(i), (ii), (iii). 

Plaintiff alleges a series of wrongs by twenty-one

defendants in several unrelated events. He asserts, for example,

that the Salt Lake City police improperly refused to arrest his

ex-wife after she stabbed plaintiff; that plaintiff was ridiculed

for seeking the assistance of the F.B.I.; that the U.S. Attorney

General facilitated the torture of “one Mahar Arar” by deporting

him to Syria in contravention of the Geneva Conventions; and that

the mayor of Salt Lake City failed to return tables and chairs to

Bennetts Custom Fiberglass. These and plaintiff’s other equally

enigmatic allegations fail to state a claim upon which relief may

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be granted. 

Accordingly, plaintiff shall file, within twenty days of

service of this order, an amended complaint that states a claim

for which relief may be granted. Should plaintiff fail timely to

comply with this order, the court will recommend this action be

dismissed.

 So ordered.

Dated: August 4, 2005. 

 /s/ Peter A. Nowinski 

 PETER A. NOWINSKI

 Magistrate Judge

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