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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLES LEE WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

ROY SCHEINGART, et al.,

Defendants.

 /

No. C 15-3013 MMC

ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE

JUDGE’S REPORT AND

RECOMMENDATION; DISMISSING

PLAINTIFF’S PETITION WITHOUT

LEAVE TO AMEND

Before the Court is Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero’s “Report and

Recommendation Regarding Sufficiency of Complaint or Petition Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §

1915A” (“Report and Recommendation”), filed October 27, 2015. In said Report and

Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Spero recommends the Court dismiss without leave to

amend plaintiff’s pro se “Petition,” filed June 29, 2015. In said petition, plaintiff, who is

currently incarcerated, seeks release from custody, as well as monetary relief against

various government officials, on the ground that the state court in which plaintiff was

convicted lacked jurisdiction over plaintiff because he is a “sovereign citizen.” 

On November 4, 2015, plaintiff filed an objection to Magistrate Judge Spero’s Report

and Recommendation, on the ground that it was “not duly sworn.” Plaintiff’s objection is

hereby overruled, as there is no case or statutory authority requiring such a judicial

determination be submitted under oath.

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Having reviewed de novo the matters raised in plaintiff’s petition, this Court hereby

ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation in its entirety.

Accordingly, plaintiff’s petition is hereby DISMISSED without leave to amend.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 20, 2015 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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