Airrion Blake-Bey v. Cook County, Illinois

United States Court of Appeals
For the Seventh Circuit
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Submitted November 22, 2011 *
Decided November 23, 2011
Before
RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge
DAVID F. HAMILTON, Circuit Judge
No. 11‐1585
AIRRION BLAKE‐BEY, et al.,
Plaintiffs‐Appellants,
v.
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS,
Defendant‐Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District
Court for the Northern District of Illinois,
Eastern Division.
No. 10 C 5246
Samuel Der‐Yeghiayan,
Judge.
O R D E R
Airrion Blake‐Bey, Airrion Blake‐Bey II, Anita Blake‐Bey, and Lovie Hunter‐El are
adherents of the Moorish Science Temple of America and were born in Cook County,
Illinois. In this pro se lawsuit, they claim that the county has enslaved them by creating
birth certificates which falsely imply they are Americans rather than citizens of a Moroccan
NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION
To be cited only in accordance with
Fed. R. App. P. 32.1
* After examining the briefs and record, we have concluded that oral argument is
unnecessary. Thus, the appeal is submitted on the briefs and record. See FED. R. A PP. P.
34(a)(2)(c).

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Empire that spans the Western Hemisphere, Africa, and the mythical Atlantis. The plaintiffs
demand varied relief, including $5 billion. The district court dismissed their complaint, and
rightly so because the suit is too frivolous to have invoked the court’s subject‐matter
jurisdiction. See Hagans v. Lavine, 415 U.S. 528, 536 (1974); In re African‐American Slave
Descendants Lit., 471 F.3d 754, 757 (7th Cir. 2006); Crowley Cutlery Co. v. United States, 849
F.2d 273, 276 (7th Cir. 1988).
AFFIRMED.

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