UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FILED
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MAY 2 2 2012
Douglas-William Hysell, ) Clerk, U.S. District & B
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) Civil Action No.
State of California,
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12 0830
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Defendant. )
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter is before the Court on plaintiffs pro se complaint and application to proceed
in forma pauperis. The Court will grant plaintiffs application and dismiss this action for lack of
subject matter jurisdiction. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(3) (requiring the court to dismiss an action
"at any time" it determines that subject matter jurisdiction is wanting).
Plaintiff, a California prisoner, has submitted a mostly incomprehensible document
captioned: "Motion to Vacate Void Judgment (Ex Parte)." He appears to be challenging his
California conviction. A federal district court is not a reviewing court and generally lacks subject
matter jurisdiction to review the decisions of other courts. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1332 (general
jurisdictional provisions); Fleming v. United States, 847 F. Supp. 170, 172 (D.D.C. 1994), cert.
denied 513 U.S. 1150 (1995). A separate Order of dismissal accompanies this Memorandum
Opinion.
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Date: May_l_·, 2012 United States District Judge
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