LIANG v. CHINESE AND CHINESE AMERICAN SPIES AND SEX TRAFFICKERS

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
JULIETTE YAXI LIANG, )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) Civil Action No. 26-0156 (UNA)
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CHINESE AND CHINESE AMERICAN SPIES )
AND SEX TRAFFICKERS, )
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Defendants. )
Memorandum Opinion
This matter is before the court on initial review of Plaintiff’s application for leave to
proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 2, and pro se complaint, ECF No. 1. The court will grant
the application, and for the reasons discussed below, dismiss the complaint without prejudice.
“A complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to ‘state a claim to
relief that is plausible on its face.’” Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (quoting Bell Atl.
Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007)). A complaint that lacks “an arguable basis either in
law or in fact” is frivolous. Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989). And the court cannot
exercise subject matter jurisdiction over a frivolous complaint. Hagans v. Lavine, 415 U.S. 528,
536–37 (1974) (“Over the years, this Court has repeatedly held that the federal courts are without
power to entertain claims otherwise within their jurisdiction if they are ‘so attenuated and
unsubstantial as to be absolutely devoid of merit.’” (quoting Newburyport Water Co. v.
Newburyport, 193 U.S. 561, 579 (1904))); Tooley v. Napolitano, 586 F.3d 1006, 1010 (D.C. Cir.
2009) (explaining that courts may dismiss cases “for patent insubstantiality,” including where
plaintiff allegedly “was subjected to a campaign of surveillance and harassment deriving from
uncertain origins”). Consequently, a court is obligated to dismiss a complaint as frivolous “when
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the facts alleged rise to the level of the irrational or the wholly incredible.” Denton v. Hernandez,
504 U.S. 25, 33 (1992).
This complaint begins with an allegation that “Chinese & Chinese American espionage
and Sex Trafficking insistently, medically, shamelessly, corrode, isolate, steal and kill my
innocent, Chinese-free, life and the lives of [plaintiff’s] children.” ECF No. 1 at 4. What few
factual allegations there are lack a basis in law and fact. The complaint is frivolous, and
therefore must be dismissed. A separate order accompanies this memorandum opinion.
DATE: April 2, 2026 AMIR H. ALI
United States District Judge
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