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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1983', '§ 1983', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§1915', '§ 1915']

FindACase™ | Seals v. N.A.A.C.P.
Seals v. N.A.A.C.P.
KING SOLOMON SEALS, Plaintiff,
N.A.A.C.P, Defendant.
This matter comes before the Court on the motion of plaintiff King Solomon Seals for leave to commence this civil action without prepayment of the filing fee. (Docket No. 2). While incarcerated, plaintiff has brought three or more civil actions in federal court that were dismissed as frivolous, malicious, or for failure to state a claim. Accordingly, for the reasons discussed below, the Court will deny plaintiffs motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and dismiss plaintiffs complaint without prejudice.
Plaintiff is a pro se litigant currently incarcerated at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point, Missouri. He brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, naming the N.A.A.C.P. and its members as defendant. It is difficult to discern plaintiffs ultimate claim, as his complaint consists mainly of declarative statements in which plaintiff assumes various titles and mantles of authority. For instance, plaintiff states that he "would like to proclaim [his] nationality and divine creed." (Docket No. 1 at 5). He asserts that he is "Allah the father of the universe." He further claims that he is "John the Baptist, the forerunner of Jesus, and.. .also Jesus." Plaintiff also claims that he is "all of the District Judges as well as attorneys in the whole world." Plaintiff requests that the Court enforce the laws that he has established in America. (Docket No. 1 at 6). He also wants to give every member of the N.A.A.C.P. "2, 000 years [punishment]." He further seeks damages in the amount of "$700, 707, 700 zillion dollars."
Plaintiff seeks leave to commence this § 1983 action without prepayment of the required filing fee. He is a frequent filer who has had three previous cases dismissed on the basis of frivolity, maliciousness, or for failure to state a claim. As such, his motion to proceed in forma pauperis will be denied and his case dismissed without prejudice.
The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 enacted what is commonly known as the "three strikes" provision of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Orr v. Clements, 688 F.3d 463, 464 (8th Cir. 2012). Section 1915(g) provides in relevant part:
In no event shall a prisoner bring a civil action.. .under this section if the prisoner has, on three or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action...in a court of the United States that was dismissed on the grounds that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, unless the prisoner is under imminent danger of serious physical injury.
28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). This section does not apply unless the inmate litigant has three strikes at the time he files his lawsuit or appeal. Campbell v. Davenport Police Dep't, 471 F.3d 952, 952 (8th Cir. 2006). Prisoners who have had three previous civil lawsuits or appeals dismissed as frivolous, malicious, or for failure to state a claim must prepay the entire filing fee. Lyon v. Krol, 127 F.3d 763, 764 (8th Cir. 1997).
B. Plaintiffs Previous "Strikes"
Review of plaintiffs files in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri reveal that he has accumulated three strikes. Seales v. Groose, No. 2:95-cv-4187-SOW (W.D. Mo. July 17, 1995); Seales v. Moorish Science Temple, No. 2:95-cv-4246-SOW (W.D. Mo. Sept. 14, 1995); and Seales v. Groose, No. 2:96-cv-4053-FJG (W.D. Mo. April 22, 1996).[1] Based on these cases, the Western District has determined that plaintiff has accumulated three strikes pursuant to28U.S.C.§1915(g), and that he is not allowed to proceed in forma pauperis. Seales v. Purkett, No. 2:99-cv-4050-NKL (W.D. Mo. April 16, 1999). Plaintiff has also filed fourteen separate cases in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in which he has been denied in forma pauperis status on the basis of § 1915(g).[2] In all of those cases, plaintiffs complaint was dismissed without prejudice.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to &sect; 1915(g), an indigent inmate who has acquired three strikes may still file a lawsuit if he or she is under imminent danger of serious physical injury. Higgins v. Carpenter,258 F.3d 797, 800 (8th Cir. 2001). This exception provides a "safety valve for the three strikes rule to prevent impending harms." Martin v. Shelton,319 F.3d 1048, 1050 (8th Cir. 2003). However, for this exception to apply, an otherwise ineligible prisoner must be in imminent danger at the time of filing. Ashley v. Dilworth,147 F.3d ...