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Date Created: 2018-08-21 21:00:56.2529+00
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FILED

UNITEI) sTATEs DISTRICT CoURT AUG 2 0 23;3

FoR THE DISTRICT oF COLUMBIA C'€H<. u.s. msi

CourtS for the DFlCt & Bankruptcy

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WILLIAM FEEGBA, )
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Plaintiff, )
) Civil Action No. l:l8-cv-01748 (UNA)
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DONALD TRUMP, )
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Defendant. )
MEMORANDUM OPINION

 

This matter is before the Court on its initial review of plaintiffs pro se complaint
(“Compl.”) and application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court will grant the in
forma pauperis application and dismiss the case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § l9l5(e)(2)(B), which
allows for dismissal of a plaintiffs complaint which fails to state a claim upon which relief can be
granted or is frivolous or malicious.

“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 BellAtl.
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. Wz'lliams, 490 U.S. 3 l9, 325 (1989), and a “complaint plainly
abusive of the judicial process is properly typed malicious,” Crz'saji v. Hollana', 655 F.Zd 1305,
1309 (D.C. Cir. 1981).

The complaint, in its current form, is nearly incomprehensible Plaintiff provides a
rambling account of events in which he claims to be a descendent of various presidents and
monarchs. Cornpl. at l 11 l. He seeks to “. . . sue former presidents ofAmerica,” including, [sic]

“. . . Jimmy [C]arter, Bill Clinton, George HW Bush, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald
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Trump.” Id. at l 1 2. He also believes that Donald Trump harassed him and damaged his vehicle.
Id. at l il 3. Plaintiff appears primarily aggrieved that the United States is no longer a monarchy
as he believes he is the rightful heir to the throne. Id. l W at 1-3. He avers that, given his new
status as a great-grandfather, he may now secure his role as a world leader. He first, however, asks
that the Court orchestrate the current President’s resignation Id. at l il 3.

A court may dismiss a complaint as frivolous “when the facts alleged rise to the level of
the irrational or the wholly incredible,” Denton v. Hernana'ez, 504 U.S. 25, 33 (1992), or
“postulat[e] events and circumstances ofa wholly fanciful kind,” Crisafz`, 655 F.Zd at 1307-08. ln
addition to failing sorely to state a claim for relief, the instant complaint is deemed frivolous on its
face. Consequently, the complaint and this case will be dismissed. A separate order accompanies

this memorandum opinion.

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Date: August li ,2018 United$tates DistrictJudge