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SupremeCourt. Dkt. 1. Although thecomplaint ismostly incomprehensible, it appears


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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASIllNGTON
AT TACOMA
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DAVIDA. DARBY,
ORDER DISMISSING
COMPLAINT
Plaintiff, CASE NO. 12-MC-5000BHS
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v.
GREGKIMSEY, et aI.,
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Defendants.
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Thismatter comesbeforetheCourt sua sponte onreviewof Plaintiff DavidA.
Darby's ("Darby") complaint (Dkt. 1).
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OnJ anuary 4,2012, Darby filedafifty-threepage"criminal" complaint against
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numerous Washington Stateofficers andjudges, including.alljustices of theWashington
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17 that Darby allegesthat thesestateactorshaveconspired to depriveDarby of his
18 sovereignty andsovereignproperty rights. Id. Darby filed a"Land Patent" withthe
19 Clark CountyAuditor, GregKimsey, andrequested that hisproperty beremovedfromthe
20 tax rolls. Id. at 29. Mr. Kimsey deniedDarby's requests. Id. Darby claims
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$15,600,000.00 indamages asacommercial lienagainst thecorporation Washington
State. Id. at 50.
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A federal court may dismisssua sponte pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) when
it isclear that theplaintiff hasnot statedaclaimuponwhich relief may begranted. See
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Omar v. Sea-Land Serv., Inc., 813,F.2d986, 991(9thCir. J 987) ("Su~hadismissal may
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bemadewithout notice.wheretheclaimant cannot possibly winrelief.'~);.see also Mallard
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v. United States Dist. Court, 490U.S. 296, 307-08(1989) (thereislittledoubt afederal
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1 court wouldhavethepower to dismiss afrivolous complaint sua sponte, eveninabsence
2 of anexpress statutory provision). A complaint isfrivolous when it hasno arguablebasis
3 inlawor fact. Franklin v. Murphy, 745F.2d 1221, 1228(9thCir. 1984).
4 In this case, Darby's complaint hasnobasis inlawor fact. First, thereisno law
5 allowingcriminal complaints tobefiledbyprivate citizens or laws governing "land
6 patents" that wouldremoveone's real property fromstatetaxation. Second, Darby
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cannot possibly winrelief intheformof acommercial lienagainst thestateof
Washington for itsallegeddenial of his sovereignty. Thebasic premiseof Darby's
complaint isthat thestateisacorporateentity, which isnot thelawandiswholly without
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merit.
Therefore, it ishereby ORDERED that Darby's complaint isDISMISSED and
this caseshall beclosed.
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DATED this 10thday of February, 2012.
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INH. SETTLE
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StatesDistrict J udge
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