FILED 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JUN i 5 2010 

Clerk. U.S. District & Bankruptcy 

Courts for the District of Columbia 

Derian Douglas Hickman, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

U.S. Attorney General Texas Child Support 

et aI., 

Defendants. 

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Civil Action No. 

MEMORANDUM OPINION 

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The plaintiff, Derian Douglas Hickman, filed a pro se complaint ~md application to 

proceed without prepayment of fees. Hickman's application to proceed without prepayment of 

fees will be granted, the complaint will be dismissed as frivolous, and the plaintiff will be 

directed to show cause in writing why he should not be prospectively barred from filing without 

prepayment of fees. 

Hickman, known to this court from prior frivolous and otherwise defective filings, has 

filed the instant complaint against the United States Attorney General Texas Child Support, the 

Federal Election Commission, and the "Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, 

D.C." CompI. at 1. In its entirety, the complaint alleges as follows: 

Rquesting verification of previous elections as governor. Freedom liberty 

and Independence party elections. Nominations for president ofthe United States 

of America and Federal Election Commission filings involving eJlection as D.C. 

councilman[,] D.C. Commissioner also. Requesting Supreme court return 

property, cruise ships, space shuttle, submarine, aircraft, homes, money, land, 

other property. And documents. All court transcript should be provided free with 

a fee waiver request. And also request to be at trial or hearing to establish 

paternity for the 2 children the default judgment was entered against me. A 

reduction in amount due and verification of previous child trust in excess of 1 
million to 100 million. Requesting a trial by jury. Asking for amount due[,] 

documents. 

Compi. at 1. 

Such a complaint not only fails to meet the minimum requirements of Rule 8(a) of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, but also appears to be based on fantastic and delusional 

premises. Complaints describing fantastic or delusional scenarios are subject to immediate 

dismissal as frivolous. See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 328 (1989); Best v. Kelly, 39 F.3d 

328, 330-31 (D.C. Cir. 1994). Accordingly, this complaint will be dismissed with prejudice. 

Including this one, the plaintiff has filed 17 complaints since February of2009, each of 

which warranted immediate dismissal, either because it did not meet the minimum requirements 

of Rule 8 or because it was frivolous. This pattern of filing results in an unwarranted 

consumption of judicial resources. The plaintiff was warned previously that if he persisted in 

filing frivolous or otherwise defective complaints, the Court could limit or deny his ability to 

proceed without prepayment of fees. See Slip. op., Derian Douglas Hidman v. Derian Douglas 

Hicman Archives et ai., Civil Action No. 10-12, at 2 (D.D.C. Jan. 6,2010). Accordingly, the 

plaintiff will be required to show cause in writing why he should not be barred prospectively 

from filing without prepayment of the filing fee. 

A separate, related order accompanies this memorandum opinion. 

U Ited States DIstnct Judge 

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