FILED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUN 1 1 2012
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Clerk, U.S. District &Bankruptcy
Courts tor the District of Columbia
Mary Jo Weidrick, )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) Civil Action No. 12 0944
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President Barack Obama, et al. )
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Defendants. )
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter is before the Court on its initial review of plaintiffs pro se complaint and
application for leave to proceed informapauperis. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e), the Court is
required to dismiss a complaint upon a determination that it, among other grounds, is frivolous.
28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i).
Plaintiff, a resident of Sarasota, Florida, sues the current and former presidents and vice
presidents of the United States and a host of other high-level political figures and executives of
various broadcasting companies. She alleges that "[t]he Defendants have tortured and terrorized
the Plaintiff24/7 since October 31, 1989." Campi. at 2. The complaint's allegations decline
from that first sentence. Plaintiff alleges, for example, that defendants "have raped [her] with
mind-reading equipment," have CIA agents stalking her, and have used "police sirens and the
local train whistle to reinforce [her] thoughts oftheir death threats ... in real time." !d. at 2-3.
Plaintiffs outlandish accusations are the type of fantastic or delusional scenarios
warranting dismissal under§ 1915(e)(2) as frivolous. See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319,325
(1989); Best v. Kelly, 39 F.3d 328, 330-31 (D.C. Cir. 1994). Furthermore, the allegations
"constitute the sort of patently insubstantial claims" that deprive the Court of subject matter
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jurisdiction. Tooley v. Napolitano, 586 F.3d 1006, 1010 (D.C. Cir. 2009); see Caldwell v.
Kagan, 777 F. Supp.2d 177, 178 (D.D.C. 2011) ("A district court lacks subject matter
jurisdiction when the complaint 'is patently insubstantial, presenting no federal question suitable
for decision.'") (quoting Tooley, 586 F.3d at 1009). Hence, the complaint will be dismissed with
prejudice. A separate Order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.
~ United States District Judge
Date: June .) , 2012
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