U NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
HENRY MYERS , ) AKA Henry Christ , ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Civil Action No. 1:22- cv -03132 ( UNA ) v. ) ) JOE BIDEN , et al ., ) ) Defendant s. )
MEMORANDUM OPINION This matter is before the c ourt on its initial review of p laintiff ’s pro se complaint, ECF No. 1, and application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis , ECF No. 2. T he c ourt will grant the in forma pauperis application and dismiss the case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) (i) , by which the c ourt is required to dismiss a case “at any time” if it deter mines that the action is frivolous.
“A complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to ‘state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.’” Ashcroft v. Iqbal , 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009), quoting Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly , 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007 ). A complaint that lacks “an arguable basis either in law or in fact” is frivolous , Neitzke v. Williams , 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989), and a “complaint plainly abusive of the judicial process is properly typed malicious, ” Crisafi v. Holland , 655 F.2d 1305, 1309 (D.C. Cir. 1981).
P laintiff , a resident of Washington, D.C., sues President Biden, Vice President Harris, former President Obama, and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. Compl. at 2 –3. The complaint is incomprehensible. Plaintiff purports to be the “reincarnation of Chr ist,” and states that he was appointed to this role by the Pope and through “the court of France,” under the authority of the“treaty of London corporation,” and the United States Senate. See id . at 4. He alleges that, from January 1989 to date, the “Sta te Department has promoted individuals to act on [his] behalf of Christly affairs without [his] prior contact , ” and takes issue with President Obama’s attendance at the Platinum Jubilee celebrating Queen Elizabeth II. See id

. He seeks over a trillion dol lars in damages and demands that this court “[d]e

- entangle the US from domestic and foreign Christly affairs.” See id . at 5. He also seemingly seeks to remove his access restrictions to Joint Base Myer

– Henderson Hall , located in Arlington, Virginia , which he believes are a result of this same conspiracy. See id

. The c ourt cannot exercise subject matter jurisdiction over a frivolous complaint. Hagans
v. Lavine , 415 U.S. 528, 536

- 37 (1974) (“Over the years, this Court has repea tedly held that the federal courts are without power to entertain claims otherwise within their jurisdiction if they are ‘so attenuated and unsubstantial as to be absolutely devoid of merit.’ ”) , quoting Newburyport Water Co. v. Newburyport , 193 U.S. 561, 579 (1904); Tooley v. Napolitano , 586 F.3d 1006, 1010 (D.C. Cir. 2009) (examining cases dismissed “for patent insubstantiality,” including where the plaintiff allegedly “was subjected to a campaign of surveillance and harassment deriving from uncertain ori gins

. ”). A court may dismiss a complaint as frivolous “ when the facts alleged rise to the level of the irrat ional or the wholly incredible,” Denton v. Hernandez , 504 U.S. 25, 33 (1992) , or “postulat[e] events and circumstances of a wholly fanciful kind,” Crisafi , 655 F.2d at 1307

– 08. The instant co mplaint satisfies this standard. In addition to failing to state a claim for relief, or to establish this court’s subject matter jurisdiction, the complaint is frivolous on its face.For the reasons stated herein, the complaint and this case are dismissed without prejudice

. A separate o rder accompanies this memorandum o pinion.

AMY BERMAN JACKSON Date: December 13, 2022 United States District Judge