Presidential Candidate Number P60005535 also known as Ronald Satish Emrit and Presidential Committee/Political Action Committee/Separate Segregated Fund Number C00569897 doing business as United Emrits of America v. US Patent and Trademark Office et al.

Summary

The Southern District of Illinois denied Plaintiffs' motion to proceed in forma pauperis and dismissed their complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. The court concluded that the claims concerning alleged interference with efforts to obtain patents for theories involving quantum mechanics, relativity, and astrophysics were frivolous or implausible, and that the complaint failed to establish diversity jurisdiction for the asserted state-law tort claims.

Holdings

1. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis was denied because the complaint was subject to dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B).
2. The complaint failed to state a plausible claim arising under federal law.
3. The complaint did not establish diversity jurisdiction or any other basis for federal subject-matter jurisdiction over plaintiffs' state-law claims.
4. The complaint was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, and the Clerk was directed to close the case and enter judgment.

Questions Presented

1. Whether plaintiffs should be permitted to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915.
2. Whether the complaint stated a plausible federal claim or otherwise established federal subject-matter jurisdiction.
3. Whether the complaint established diversity jurisdiction for the asserted state-law tortious-interference claims.
4. Whether the complaint was frivolous because the asserted federal claims lacked an arguable basis in law or fact.

Disposition

dismissed