Bussie
Bussie v. Yellen
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANTHONY BUSSIE, 64105-050, Case No. 21-cv-03800-CRB (PR)
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
v.
JANET YELLEN, et al., (ECF Nos. 2 & 4) Defendant(s).
Plaintiff, a “civil detainee” housed at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Butner, North Carolina,1 has filed a pro se complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and former Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin. In a nutshell, plaintiff takes issue with the secretaries’ “paying” convicted prisoners who filed a tax return and social security people who did not file a tax return rather than “paying” him, a civil detainee who did not file a tax return. Compl. (ECF No. 1) at 2-32. Plaintiff seeks an order compelling Secretary Yellin to start “paying” him and other similarly situated individuals. Id. at 3. Plaintiff also seeks leave to 19 proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Section 1915(e)(2) provides that the court “shall” dismiss any case brought IFP…