Case Name: Pat SCHOTTLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of WISCONSIN, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-07-28
Citations: 388 F. App'x 547
Docket Number: No. 10-1820
Parties: Pat SCHOTTLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of WISCONSIN, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 388
Pages: 547–548

Head Matter:
Pat SCHOTTLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of WISCONSIN, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 10-1820.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Submitted July 28, 2010.
Decided July 28, 2010.
Pat Schottler, New Richmond, WI, pro se.
The State of Wisconsin was not served with process in the district court and is not participating in this appeal. After examining the appellant's brief and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. See Fed. R.App P. 34(a)(2)(C).

Opinion:
ORDER
Pro se litigant Pat Schottler filed a complaint seeking from the State of Wisconsin, among other things, $10,000 and the names of people who he says are tormenting him. He alleges that "someone" has inserted a metal pin in his head and is "wringing out" his brain; yet, he continues, the state's attorney general and local police officials have ignored his pleas for assistance. Schottler did not pay the filing fee, so the district court inferred that he was seeking leave to proceed in forma pauperis and then dismissed the lawsuit because it is factually frivolous. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)®. Schottler appeals, but the district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that the "fan tastic or delusional scenarios" described in his complaint lack an arguable basis in fact. See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 327-28, 109 S.Ct. 1827, 104 L.Ed.2d 338 (1989); see also Denton v. Hernandez, 504 U.S. 25, 32-33, 112 S.Ct. 1728, 118 L.Ed.2d 340 (1992); Gladney v. Pendleton Corr. Facility, 302 F.3d 773, 774-75 (7th Cir.2002).
Affirmed.