Frederick Banks v. Central Intelligence Agency
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
WOMEN IN MEXICO CITY & Case No. 2:19-cv-10468-ODW (GJS) MEXICO, Individually, & FREDERICK BANKS as next friend ORDER DISMISSING PETITION thereto & Individually, 13 Petitioner 14 v.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY, et al., Respondents.
18 On December 11, 2019, a putative 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas petition was filed in this District [Dkt. 1, “Petition”]. The Petition was filed by Frederick Banks, a convicted criminal incarcerated in Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who purports to be acting as “next friend” on behalf of, and as the “self-appointed agent” for, all women in Mexico and in Mexico City, as well as to seek individual relief on his own behalf. The only person who has signed the Petition is Banks, who mailed the Petition to the Court from Allegheny County Jail and who seeks leave to proceed on an in forma pauperis basis. The Petition names as Respondents: the Central Intelligence agency (“CIA”); Michael Atkinson, who is identified as…