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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 05:08:53+00:00

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MATT DENN, et al., Defendants.
Matthew Jones, Greenwood, Delaware. Pro Se Plaintiff.
Joseph Clement Handlon, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware. Counsel for Defendants.
Plaintiff Matthew Jones, who appears pro se and has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis, filed this action in June 2017 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against several State of Delaware Defendants. The matter was transferred to this Court on July 21, 2017. (D.I. 5). Jones asserts jurisdiction by reason of a federal question and diversity of citizenship. He alleges that his claims arise under federal criminal statutes and the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Defendants move to dismiss pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) prior to review and screening of the Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). (D.I. 7). Plaintiff opposes the motion to dismiss. (D.I. 8). The Court proceeds to screen the Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B).
The Complaint is a rambling, disjointed biography of Jones' life that skips from topic to topic. He claims he was taken from his parents at birth and given to another couple. He states that he has been imprisoned illegally since birth for sexual reasons. He describes acts taken against him from the time he was an infant through high school. Jones has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, has had forced hospitalizations sixteen times, and court-ordered administration of anti-psychotic medications. The Complaint describes various hospitalizations and the treatment received.
Plaintiff alleges the Attorney General "has taken no action to end the bloodshed, continues to work for the villains, and moves on their behalf." (D.I. 1-2 at 13). He alleges, "[T]he Attorney General's Office has made blatant death threats on the judges and other attorneys to continue the murderous rage that he and the police have implemented over [his] entire life in their illegal parsonage to sexual slavery." (Id. at 13-14). Plaintiff asks to be released from slavery. The Complaint also discusses various lawsuits Plaintiff has filed and decisions rendered in the cases.
A federal court may properly dismiss an action sua sponte under the screening provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) if "the action is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief." Ball v. Famiglio, 726 F.3d 448, 452 (3d Cir. 2013); see also 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) (in forma pauperis actions). The Court must accept all factual allegations in a complaint as true and take them in the light most favorable to a pro se plaintiff. Phillips v. County of Allegheny, 515 F.3d 224, 229 (3d Cir. 2008); Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 93 (2007). Because Plaintiff proceeds pro se, his pleading is liberally construed and his complaint, "however inartfully pleaded, must be held to less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers." Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. at 94.
The legal standard for dismissing a complaint for failure to state a claim pursuant to § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) is identical to the legal standard used when ruling on Rule 12(b)(6) motions. Tourscher v. McCullough, 184 F.3d 236, 240 (3d Cir. 1999). However, before dismissing a complaint or claims for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted pursuant to the screening provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915, the Court must grant Plaintiff leave to amend his complaint unless amendment would be inequitable or futile. See Grayson v. Mayview State Hosp., 293 F.3d 103, 114 (3d Cir. 2002).
A well-pleaded complaint must contain more than mere labels and conclusions. SeeAshcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009); Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007). A plaintiff must plead facts sufficient to show that a claim has substantive plausibility. See Johnson v. City of Shelby, __ U.S. __, 135 S.Ct. 346, 347 (2014). A complaint may not dismissed, however, for imperfect statements of the legal theory supporting the claim asserted. See Id. at 346.

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