Civil Procedure – Frivolous Complaints – Pre-Filing Inquiry
By Deborah Elkins
Published: June 29, 2009
A pro se plaintiff who has sued 31 entities as defendants, alleging a variety of employment discrimination, tort and contract claims arising from defendant media and entertainment companies’ alleged theft of plaintiff’s ideas for movie plots, popular songs, magazine layouts and events surrounding the inauguration of President Barack Obama, is dismissed as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 by this Alexandria U.S. District Court.
Whitehead v. Paramount Pictures Corp. (Trenga, J.) No. 1:08cv792, May 28, 2009; USDC at Alexandria, Va. VLW 009-3-307, 12 pp.
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