· 6/17/2009
Curran v. Holder
Citations
- 626 F. Supp. 2d 30
- 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51147
- 2009 WL 1687566
How courts have described this case
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- finding that plaintiff's claims of alleged government surveillance and harassment as part of a \national security investigation\ were fanciful and insufficient
- explaining that federal courts are “without power to entertain claims otherwise within their jurisdiction if they are ‘so attenuated and unsubstantiated as to be absolutely devoid of merit’”
- finding that the plaintiff’s “laundry list of wrongful acts and conclusory allegations to support h[is] theory of a conspiracy,” were patently “insufficient to allow the case to go forward.”
- finding that the plaintiff’s “laundry list of wrongful acts and conclusory allegations to support h[is] theory of a conspiracy,” were patently “insufficient to allow the case to go forward.”
- dismissing plaintiff’s complaint because his “claims relating to alleged government surveillance and harassment are the type of ‘bizarre conspiracy theory’ that warrant dismissal under Rule 12(b)(1
- finding plaintiff’s allegations of government surveillance and harassment to be “the type of bizarre conspiracy theory that warrant[s] dismissal under Rule 12(b)(1)” (internal citation and quotation marks omitted)
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Judges: Paul L. Friedman
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