Jonathan Daniel Clements v. The State of Arkansas; The United States Federal Government; and International Governments and Religious Bodies

Summary

A magistrate judge recommends denying Jonathan Clements’s application to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. The recommendation concludes that the underlying complaint, which asserted constitutional, statutory, international-law, RICO, and trust-law claims, was frivolous and that the appeal added no legally supported basis for challenging the prior dismissal.

Holdings

1. The application to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal should be denied because Clements's objections and appellate arguments were vague, conclusory, and frivolous.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Clements's application to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal should be denied because the appeal is frivolous.
2. Whether Clements's objections and appellate arguments supplied non-conclusory legal authority or otherwise demonstrated an appealable error in the dismissal of his complaint.

Disposition

other