Frederick v. United States
CourtDistrict Court, District of Columbia
Date FiledJune 17, 2026
DocketCivil Action No. 2026-0499
JudgeJudge Tanya S. Chutkan
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DARION FREDERICK, )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) Civil Action No. 26-00499 (UNA)
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
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Defendant. )
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Plaintiff, appearing pro se, has filed a form complaint and an application to proceed in
forma pauperis (IFP). For the following reasons, the court grants the IFP motion and dismisses
the complaint.
Plaintiff, a resident of Silver Spring, Maryland, sues the United States for $4 trillion. In
the statement of claim section, Plaintiff writes only โwritten documents while present as a citizen
of the United States of America; I need to be better; I need to be whole.โ Compl., ECF No. 1 at 4.
His baffling Notice, ECF No. 4, is unilluminating. Complaints, as here, lacking โan arguable basis
either in law or in fact,โ Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989), are frivolous actions subject
to dismissal under 28 U.S.C. ยง 1915(e)(2)(B)(i). Therefore, this case will be dismissed by separate
order.
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TANYA S. CHUTKAN
Date: June 15, 2026 United States District Judge