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Young v. Missouri Department of Health Senior Serv

United States District Court, W.D. Missouri, St. Joseph Division
Aug 25, 2011
Case No.: 09-6061-CV-SJ-HFS (W.D. Mo. Aug. 25, 2011)

Opinion

Case No.: 09-6061-CV-SJ-HFS.

August 25, 2011


ORDER


This is a pro se case filed by an apparently mentally-challenged plaintiff. Two defendant doctors seek dismissal for failure to state a claim (doc. #46), pursuant to my invitation (in Doc. #32) and the State agency and a State employee have also filed a motion to dismiss (Doc. #49). Although given time to respond to the motions, plaintiff has failed to do so.

The papers filed by plaintiff are largely incomprehensible. See Docs. #5 and #28. Dr. Fadare is "not mentioned" and there is no "comprehensible complaint against Dr. Mahmood", as they contended earlier. The State agency is similarly not mentioned as a party to misconduct.

Defendant Stacy Thomas is sued as a State employee and author of a letter to which plaintiff objects. There is no comprehensible claim of a violation of Federal law even if one could dream up some sort of State law claim. Pleadings like this are subject to dismissal. White v. United States, 588 F.2d 650 (8th Cir. 1978); Cofield v. Williams, 1997 WL 68271 (C.A.D.C.);Olguin v. Atherton, 215 F.3d 1337, 2000 WL 757727 (10th Cir.).

Plaintiff cannot process a lawsuit without articulating some violation of law by a named defendant that would be within the jurisdiction of this court. The complaint against each defendant will therefore be DISMISSED without prejudice and the pending motions (Docs. #46 and #49) will be GRANTED. SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

Young v. Missouri Department of Health Senior Serv

United States District Court, W.D. Missouri, St. Joseph Division
Aug 25, 2011
Case No.: 09-6061-CV-SJ-HFS (W.D. Mo. Aug. 25, 2011)
Case details for

Young v. Missouri Department of Health Senior Serv

Case Details

Full title:ROBERT RAY YOUNG, Plaintiff, v. MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR…

Court:United States District Court, W.D. Missouri, St. Joseph Division

Date published: Aug 25, 2011

Citations

Case No.: 09-6061-CV-SJ-HFS (W.D. Mo. Aug. 25, 2011)