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Parties Involved:
Pat Schottler
Appellant
State of Wisconsin
Appellee

Document Text:

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The State of Wisconsin was not served with process in the district court and is not

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

concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. See FED. R. APP. P. 34(a)(2)(C).

United States Court of Appeals

For the Seventh Circuit

Chicago, Illinois 60604

Submitted July 28, 2010*

Decided July 28, 2010

By the Court:

No. 10‐1820

PAT SCHOTTLER,

Plaintiff‐Appellant,

v.

STATE OF WISCONSIN,

Defendant‐Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District

Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.

No. 10‐cv‐133‐slc

Barbara B. Crabb,

Judge.

O R D E R

Pro se litigant Pat Schottler filed a complaint seeking from the State of Wisconsin,

among other things, $10,000 and the names of people who he says are tormenting him. He

alleges that “someone” has inserted a metal pin in his head and is “wringing out” his brain;

yet, he continues, the state’s attorney general and local police officials have ignored his

pleas for assistance. Schottler did not pay the filing fee, so the district court inferred that he

was seeking leave to proceed in forma pauperis and then dismissed the lawsuit because it is

factually frivolous. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i). Schottler appeals, but the district court

did not abuse its discretion in concluding that the “fantastic or delusional scenarios”

described in his complaint lack an arguable basis in fact. See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S.

319, 327‐28 (1989); see also Denton v. Hernandez, 504 U.S. 25, 32‐33 (1992); Gladney v.

Pendleton Corr. Facility, 302 F.3d 773, 774‐75 (7th Cir. 2002).

AFFIRMED.

NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION

To be cited only in accordance with

Fed. R. App. P. 32.1

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