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7:20-cv-00062-GFVT
2020 | Cited 0 times | E.D. Kentucky | May 8, 2020
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
SOUTHERN DIVISION
PIKEVILLE DANIEL EDWARD MEADE, Plaintiff, v. BRIAN MORRIS, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil No. 7:20-cv-00062-GFVT
MEMORANDUM OPINION
& ORDER *** *** *** *** Plaintiff Daniel Edward Meade has filed a pro se civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 thirteen staff members of the Pike County Detention Center in Pineville, Kentucky, where he is presently confined. Meade has also filed a one-page handwritten motion to proceed in forma pauperis. [R. 3] Meade did not submit a certified statement of his inmate account as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). alleges, in its entirety, that:
All defendants conspired and carried out tortuous acts at the orders of Brian Plaintiff is also being tortured with electrical shock.
[R. 1 at 7 (cleaned up)] Meade seeks $5 million in damages for humiliation, emotional harm, and unidentified physical injury. Id. for relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The Court his
allegations are unsubstantial, frivolous, or otherwise devoid of merit. Apple v. Glenn, 183 F.3d 477, 479 (6th Cir. 1999) (holding that a district court may, upon its own motion, dismiss for lack of Case: 7:20-cv-00062-GFVT Doc #: 5 Filed: 05/08/20 Page: 1 of 3 - Page ID#: 23 . The the Defendants are attacking him with fanciful, 1
warranting dismissal of the Complaint. Accordingly, it is ORDERED as follows:
1. [R. 1], is DISMISSED. 2. All pending motions are DENIED as moot. 3. This action is STRICKEN 4. A corresponding Judgment shall be entered this date.
1 This con allegations of erratic behavior by Meade have also been made in his state criminal proceedings. Meade is a pretrial detainee facing criminal charges in the District Court of Pike County, Kentucky. On February 11, 2020, Meade was arrested at the Pikeville Medical Center, where the arresting officer asserted that Meade was intoxicated and openly masturbating in his hospital room; began screaming incoherently; and resisted the officer. Meade was charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. Two weeks later, Meade was arrested outside of a Walmart after reporting that he had been sprayed with an unknown chemical. A review of surveillance video showed that Meade had not been sprayed with anything, but the arresting officer noted that Meade smelled strongly of marijuana. Meade was arrested for filing a false report, public intoxication, and for an outstanding warrant for violating the terms of his parole. See https://kcoj.kycourts.net/CourtNet/Search/CaseAtAGlance?county=098&court=1&division=DI& caseNumber=20-M-00173&caseTypeCode=MI&client id=0; and https://kcoj.kycourts.net/CourtNet/Search/CaseAtAGlance?county=098&court=1&division=DI& caseNumber=20-M-00241&caseTypeCode=MI&client_id=0 (visited May 7, 2020).
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
SOUTHERN DIVISION
PIKEVILLE DANIEL EDWARD MEADE, Plaintiff, v. BRIAN MORRIS, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil No. 7:20-cv-00062-GFVT
MEMORANDUM OPINION
& ORDER *** *** *** *** Plaintiff Daniel Edward Meade has filed a pro se civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 thirteen staff members of the Pike County Detention Center in Pineville, Kentucky, where he is presently confined. Meade has also filed a one-page handwritten motion to proceed in forma pauperis. [R. 3] Meade did not submit a certified statement of his inmate account as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). alleges, in its entirety, that:
All defendants conspired and carried out tortuous acts at the orders of Brian Plaintiff is also being tortured with electrical shock.
[R. 1 at 7 (cleaned up)] Meade seeks $5 million in damages for humiliation, emotional harm, and unidentified physical injury. Id. for relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The Court his
allegations are unsubstantial, frivolous, or otherwise devoid of merit. Apple v. Glenn, 183 F.3d 477, 479 (6th Cir. 1999) (holding that a district court may, upon its own motion, dismiss for lack of Case: 7:20-cv-00062-GFVT Doc #: 5 Filed: 05/08/20 Page: 1 of 3 - Page ID#: 23 . The the Defendants are attacking him with fanciful, 1
warranting dismissal of the Complaint. Accordingly, it is ORDERED as follows:
1. [R. 1], is DISMISSED. 2. All pending motions are DENIED as moot. 3. This action is STRICKEN 4. A corresponding Judgment shall be entered this date.
1 This con allegations of erratic behavior by Meade have also been made in his state criminal proceedings. Meade is a pretrial detainee facing criminal charges in the District Court of Pike County, Kentucky. On February 11, 2020, Meade was arrested at the Pikeville Medical Center, where the arresting officer asserted that Meade was intoxicated and openly masturbating in his hospital room; began screaming incoherently; and resisted the officer. Meade was charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. Two weeks later, Meade was arrested outside of a Walmart after reporting that he had been sprayed with an unknown chemical. A review of surveillance video showed that Meade had not been sprayed with anything, but the arresting officer noted that Meade smelled strongly of marijuana. Meade was arrested for filing a false report, public intoxication, and for an outstanding warrant for violating the terms of his parole. See https://kcoj.kycourts.net/CourtNet/Search/CaseAtAGlance?county=098&court=1&division=DI& caseNumber=20-M-00173&caseTypeCode=MI&client id=0; and https://kcoj.kycourts.net/CourtNet/Search/CaseAtAGlance?county=098&court=1&division=DI& caseNumber=20-M-00241&caseTypeCode=MI&client_id=0 (visited May 7, 2020).
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