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UNITED
STATES ex rel. Gerald MAYO v.
SATAN AND HIS STAFF, 54
F.R.D. 282 (W.D. Pa., 1971)
( Plaintiff, alleging jurisdiction under 18
U.S.C. § 241, 28 U.S.C. § 1343, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 sought
leave to proceed in forma pauperis. He alleged that Satan had on
numerous occasions caused him misery and unwarranted threats,
against the will of the plaintiff, that Satan placed deliberate
obstacles in his path and caused plaintiff's downfall.
Plaintiff alleged that by reason of these acts Satan has
deprived him of his constitutional rights.)
Kent
© NORMAN, Plaintiff, v.
Ronald REAGAN, 95 F.R.D. 476 (D.Ore. 1982)
(Action by Plaintiff, who sued former president Reagan for
causing his "civil death without legislation," and to
enjoin the "White Line Fevers from Mars", dismissed for
want of prosecution)
SEARIGHT
v. NEW JERSEY, 412 F.Supp. 413, (D.C.N.J. 1976)
(Prisoner who heard voices in his head after being injected
in the left eye with a radium electric beam by a prison
physician, sued the State of New Jersey for $12 million,
claiming that someone now talked to him on the inside of his
brain. Dismissed as barred by the statute of limitations.)
LODI
v. LODI, 219 Cal. Rptr. 116 (Cal. App. 3 Dist 1985)
(Plaintiff sues himself. Action dismissed for failure to
state a cause of action)
IN
RE LOVE, 61 B.R. 558 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1986) (Bankruptcy
judge denies his own sua sponte motion to dismiss)
STAMBOVSKY
v. ACKLEY, 169 AD2d 254, 572 N.Y.Supp. 672 (1st
Dept.,
1991) (Plaintiff,
who discovered that the house he had recently contracted to
purchase was widely reputed to be possessed by poltergeists,
reportedly seen by defendant seller and members of her family on
numerous occasions over the last nine years. Plaintiff promptly
commenced this action seeking rescission of the contract of
sale.)
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