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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
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United States Court of Appeals 

For the Seventh Circuit

Chicago, Illinois 60604

Submitted January 6, 2015*

Decided January 7, 2015

By the Court

No. 14‐3015

GERALD DIX,

Plaintiff‐Appellant,

v.

UNKNOWN TSA AGENT #1, et al.,

Defendants‐Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District

Court for the Northern District of Illinois,

Eastern Division.

No. 14 C 6091

Charles P. Kocoras,

Judge.

O R D E R

In a 50‐page complaint Gerald Dix purported to bring a class action on behalf of

all airline passengers who (since September 11, 2001) flew on, or were dissuaded from

flying on, commercial airlines because of the actions of the defendants (a scattered

collection of government employees, cities, and private entities). His claims assert

violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations

Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c). He alleges, for example, a vast, nationwide conspiracy to rig the

security equipment used at airports to screen passengers so that the equipment falsely

detects a forbidden object and gives federal agents an opportunity to grope passengers.

He also asserts that the Department of Justice and FBI have conspired to enable terrorists

                                                 

* The defendants were not served with process in the district court and are not

participating in this appeal. After examining the appellant’s brief and the record, we

have concluded that the case is appropriate for summary disposition. See FED. R. APP. P.

34(a)(2)(C).

NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION

To be cited only in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1

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to kill Americans. He uses racist, homophobic, anti‐Semitic, and other offensive

language to inflame his allegations. The district court characterized the complaint as

frivolous and dismissed Dix’s lawsuit.

Dix appealed the dismissal of a similar frivolous suit just months ago. In that

earlier lawsuit, Dix sued on behalf of a putative class of Metra commuters during the

NATO Summit in Chicago, as well all persons who flew on, or were dissuaded from

flying on, commercial airplanes since September 11, 2001. Invoking his trademark

offensive language, and just as he does in the current suit, he accused defendants of

(among other things) supporting jihadist attacks against America. We summarily

affirmed the district court’s dismissal. Dix v. Sullivan, No. 14‐2632 (7th Cir. Dec. 8, 2014).   

On appeal in this case Dix largely reiterates his gripes with the defendants, but he

develops no reasoned basis for disturbing the district court’s ruling that his allegations

are frivolous. See FED. R. APP. P. 28(a)(8)(A). The complaint indeed reflects paranoid and

delusional fears and is frivolous. See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 327‐28 (1989)

(district courts may dismiss fantastic and delusional allegations). Thus we AFFIRM the

judgment of the district court. Because Dix has filed two frivolous appeals within the

last few months, we warn him that further frivolous appeals may result in sanctions.

See Support Sys. Int’l, Inc. v. Mack, 45 F.3d 185, 186 (7th Cir. 1995).

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