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Parties Involved:
Liudmyla Iegorova
Plaintiff
Barack Obama
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LIUDMYLA IEGOROVA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

BARACK OBAMA, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:14-cv-1415-GEB-EFB PS 

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

 This case, in which plaintiff is proceeding in propria persona, was referred to the 

undersigned under Local Rule 302(c)(21), pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). On November 12, 

2014, the court granted plaintiff’s request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 1915, but dismissed plaintiff’s complaint with leave to amend pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915(e)(2). ECF No. 4. The order noted that plaintiff’s complaint did not allege any specific 

causes of action or any facts in support of a cause of action. Id. at 3. Therefore, the complaint 

was dismissed, and plaintiff was provided thirty days to file an amended complaint in the event 

that she could allege sufficient facts in support of a legally cognizable claim. Id. at 3-4. 

 Plaintiff has not technically filed an amended complaint. Instead, plaintiff filed a 

“response for court order” stating that this court has failed to subpoena records that would prove 

President Obama’s crimes against plaintiff. ECF No. 5. She also states that the United States 

government has the ability to electronically monitor every facility in the United States and that 

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the government stores such “information for future secret government operations.” Id. She 

further states in this filing that President Obama took “all possible steps to continue citizens abuse 

and terror against life and property [of plaintiff] and her son.” Id. at 3. She also asserts that the 

“Court of the USA” has committed crimes against plaintiff and her family, including kidnapping 

plaintiff’s grandchildren, at the direction of President Obama. Id. at 4. She also describes 

numerous incidents in which government agents allegedly attempted to assassinate plaintiff and 

her son, and she makes numerous references to a “Russian-American conspiracy.” Id. at 2-7. 

 Although this filing is no more coherent than the complaint that was dismissed, the court 

will construe it as an amended complaint. However, it too, fails to state a cognizable claim for 

relief. As noted in the November 12, 2014 order, although pro se pleadings are liberally 

construed, see Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520-21 (1972), a complaint, or portion thereof, 

should be dismissed for failure to state a claim if it fails to set forth “enough facts to state a claim 

to relief that is plausible on its face.” Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 554, 562-563 

(2007) (citing Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41 (1957)); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). “[A] 

plaintiff’s obligation to provide the ‘grounds’ of his ‘entitlement to relief’ requires more than 

labels and conclusions, and a formulaic recitation of a cause of action’s elements will not do. 

Factual allegations must be enough to raise a right to relief above the speculative level on the 

assumption that all of the complaint’s allegations are true.” Id. (citations omitted). Dismissal is 

appropriate based either on the lack of cognizable legal theories or the lack of pleading sufficient 

facts to support cognizable legal theories. Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dep’t, 901 F.2d 696, 699 

(9th Cir. 1990). 

 In reviewing a complaint under this standard, the court must accept as true the allegations 

of the complaint in question, Hospital Bldg. Co. v. Rex Hosp. Trustees, 425 U.S. 738, 740 (1976), 

construe the pleading in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, and resolve all doubts in the 

plaintiff’s favor, Jenkins v. McKeithen, 395 U.S. 411, 421 (1969). A pro se plaintiff must satisfy 

the pleading requirements of Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 8(a)(2) 

“requires a complaint to include a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader 

is entitled to relief, in order to give the defendant fair notice of what the claim is and the grounds 

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upon which it rests.” Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 554, 562-563 (2007) (citing 

Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41 (1957)). 

 Additionally, a federal court is a court of limited jurisdiction, and may adjudicate only 

those cases authorized by the Constitution and by Congress. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co., 

511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). The basic federal jurisdiction statutes, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 & 1332, 

confer “federal question” and “diversity” jurisdiction, respectively. Federal question jurisdiction 

requires that the complaint (1) arise under a federal law or the U. S. Constitution, (2) allege a 

“case or controversy” within the meaning of Article III, § 2 of the U. S. Constitution, or (3) be 

authorized by a federal statute that both regulates a specific subject matter and confers federal 

jurisdiction. Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186, 198 (1962). To invoke the court’s diversity 

jurisdiction, a plaintiff must specifically allege the diverse citizenship of all parties, and that the 

matter in controversy exceeds $75,000. 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a); Bautista v. Pan American World 

Airlines, Inc., 828 F.2d 546, 552 (9th Cir. 1987). A case presumably lies outside the jurisdiction 

of the federal courts unless demonstrated otherwise. Kokkonen, 511 U.S. at 376-78. Lack of 

subject matter jurisdiction may be raised at any time by either party or by the court. Attorneys 

Trust v. Videotape Computer Products, Inc., 93 F.3d 593, 594-95 (9th Cir. 1996). 

 Here, plaintiff’s purported amended complaint does not allege any specific cause of action 

or any facts that would support a cognizable legal claim. Nor does it cure any of the defects 

addressed in the November 12, 2014 order. See ECF No. 4 at 3-4. Instead, the amended 

complaint, like plaintiff’s original complaint, is filled with disjointed allegations that leave the 

court guessing as to the cause of action(s) plaintiff is intending to assert. Because further 

amendment would be futile, the purported amended complaint should be dismissed without leave 

to amend. Noll v. Carlson, 809 F.2d 1446, 1448 (9th Cir. 1987) (while the court ordinarily would 

permit a pro se plaintiff amend, leave to amend should not be granted where it appears 

amendment would be futile). 

 Accordingly, it is hereby RECOMMENDED that: 

 1. Plaintiff’s purported amended complaint, ECF No. 5, be dismissed without leave to 

amend; and 

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 2. The Clerk be directed to close this case. 

 These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge 

assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within fourteen days 

after being served with these findings and recommendations, any party may file written 

objections with the court and serve a copy on all parties. Such a document should be captioned 

“Objections to Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendations.” Failure to file objections 

within the specified time may waive the right to appeal the District Court’s order. Turner v. 

Duncan, 158 F.3d 449, 455 (9th Cir. 1998); Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991). 

DATED: April 14, 2015. 

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