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Nature of Suit Code: 443
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Accommodations
Cause of Action: 28:1343 Violation of Civil Rights

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OEPUTY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PATSY ANN DIXON, CASE NO. 12-CV-1809 BEN (DHB) 

vs. 

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO 

PROCEED INFORMA PAUPERIS 

GEORGE W. BUSH, JR., [Doc No.2] 

Defendant. 

On July 23, 2012, Plaintiff Patsy Ann Dixon, proceeding pro se, filed a civil complaint against 

Defendant George W. Bush, Jr.! and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF Nos. 1,2. Because 

the complaint appears frivolous, the Court declines to grant Dixon leave to proceed in forma pauperis. 

DISCUSSION 

All parties instituting any civil action in a district court, except an application for writ ofhabeas 

corpus, must pay a filing fee of $350. 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). An action may proceed despite a 

plaintiff's failure to prepay the entire fee only if the plaintiff is granted leave to proceed in forma 

pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.c. § 1915(a). A party seeking in forma pauperis status must submit an 

affidavit stating that she is unable to pay the costs ofthe lawsuit. § 1915(a). "The granting or refusing 

ofpermission to proceed informa pauperis is a matter committed to the sound discretion ofthe district 

1 Presumably, the named defendant is the former 43rd President of the United States of 

America. On the Civil Cover Sheet, Dixon also names as defendants George H.W. Bush, Sr. and 

Barbara Bush. 

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court." Smart v. Heinze, 347 F.2d 114, 116 (9th Cir. 1965)(citations omitted). "A district court may 

deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis at the outset if it appears from the face of the proposed 

complaint that the action is frivolous or without merit." Tripati v. First Nat '/ Bank & Trust, 821 F.2d 

1368, 1370 (9th Cir. 1987). A complaint, "containing as it does both factual allegations and legal 

conclusions, is frivolous where it lacks an arguable basis either in law or in fact." Neitzke v. Williams, 

490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989). "[A] court is not bound, as it usually is when making a determination based 

solely on the pleadings, to accept without question the truth ofthe plaintiffs allegations." Denton v. 

Hernandez, 504 U.S. 25, 32 (1992). If the facts alleged are "clearly baseless"-a category 

encompassing allegations that are fanciful, fantastic, and delusional-dismissal is warranted. ld. at 

32-33. 

Dixon's complaint states, in its entirety: 

On July 4,2012, this person, Patsy A. Dixon was assaulted by one George W. Bush, 

Jr. while going to the land owned by Patsy Ann Dixon's friend, now deceased, by way 

of George W. Bush, Jr., Sir John Denver who willed the land surrounding Aspen, CO 

to thee andlor Patsy Ann Dixon. I am litigating for proceeds of all companies andlor 

businesses that John let use "his" properties, as I am sole "heir." 

Dixon has not shown grounds to proceed injorma pauperis. In her complaint, she fails to 

provide an arguable factual basis for her conclusory and threadbare allegations.2 As a result, this 

action appears frivolous. 

CONCLUSION 

Dixon's motion to proceed in forma pauperis is DENI 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: DeCembe~12 

2 Dixon's affidavit in support ofher informa pauperis application is also difficult to follow. 

For example, she lists as assets: "several stock 'holdings' by way ofCrystal Inheritance but 'gifted' 

to Sir Carlisle Kruse MadoffTrump to extinguish malproportioned eye-witness accounts to Sir John 

Rockefeller's demise. They are in court now at Carlton Ritz MadoffTrump's Homestead at Colorado 

andl or Vail." 

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