AMY BERMAN JACKSON, District Judge.
Plaintiff, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, is a resident of Riverdale, Maryland, suing twenty individuals for alleged constitutional and statutory violations stemming from his former incarceration at the Rivers Correctional Institution ("RCI") in Butner, North Carolina.
Plaintiff alleges that on August 11, 2011, he "was extradited illegally via designation to [RCI] a privatized prison in North Carolina." Compl. ¶ 17. Plaintiff further alleges that during his confinement there, he was deprived of adequate dental and medical care, "denationalized," and subjected to retaliation, among other wrongs. See id. ¶¶ 26-46. Plaintiff seeks $1.5 million in monetary damages from each defendant. Id. ¶¶ 1-5, 59-60.
Governor Perdue moves pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Mot. to Dismiss [Dkt. # 16]. Plaintiff has opposed this motion mostly by reframing the complaint's allegations. See generally Response to Mot. to Dismiss [Dkt. # 36]. In addition, Congresswoman Holmes Norton moves to dismiss pursuant to Rules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) and 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i). Mot. to Dismiss [Dkt. # 42]. Plaintiff has yet to respond to this motion. See Min. Order of October 12, 2012 (enlarging the time to November 9, 2012, for plaintiff to respond to any outstanding motions to dismiss). The court nevertheless is required to dismiss the complaint of an individual proceeding in forma pauperis "at any time" it determines that the complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). Since the complaint against Congresswoman Holmes Norton qualifies for such treatment, the court will grant her motion, along with Governor Perdue's motion to dismiss. In addition, the court, acting on its own motion, will dismiss the complaint against Attorney General Holder and former BOP Director Lappin, who have yet to respond to the complaint, under § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii).
As an initial matter, plaintiff purports to sue "for money damages" under "the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution[,] Title 28 U.S.C. [§ ]2441 [2241](c),(3), Federal Tort Claims Act, 1974 Privacy Act 5 U.S.C. 552[a](a)(1)(g)(4); Bivens Action
"To survive a [Rule 12(b)(6)] motion to dismiss, a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.... A claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged." Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678, 129 S.Ct. 1937 (internal quotation marks and citations omitted); see Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555, 127 S.Ct. 1955, 167 L.Ed.2d 929 (2007) (a plaintiff's "[f]actual allegations must be enough to raise a right to relief above the speculative level ....") (citations omitted).
In considering a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, a court generally "must accept as true all of the factual allegations contained in the complaint," Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 94, 127 S.Ct. 2197, 167 L.Ed.2d 1081 (2007), and "grant plaintiff[] the benefit of all inferences that can be derived from the facts alleged." Kowal v. MCI Commun's Corp., 16 F.3d 1271, 1276 (D.C.Cir.1994). However, the court need not accept a plaintiff's legal conclusions or the inferences he draws if those inferences are unsupported by the alleged facts. Id. "Nor must the court accept legal conclusions cast as factual allegations." Id.; see Warren v. District of Columbia, 353 F.3d 36, 39-40 (D.C.Cir.2004) (differentiating unacceptable conclusions of law from acceptable conclusions of fact).
To be held liable under Bivens, the individual defendant must have participated personally in the alleged wrongdoing. See Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 676, 129 S.Ct. 1937; Simpkins v. District of Columbia Gov't, 108 F.3d 366, 369 (D.C.Cir.1997). Plaintiff alleges that Governor Perdue "consented to allow a Private Corporation to enslave, denationalize, extradite, and incarcerate the plaintiff in exile against his will within the state of N.C.... She also is complicit to the transporting of the plaintiff across state lines by armed guards while in shackles." Compl. ¶ 20. He
Since the same reasoning applies to plaintiff's similarly styled allegations against Attorney General Holder, Compl. ¶ 18, and plaintiff has alleged no facts supporting his puzzling conclusion that former BOP Director Lappin "violated Article 6 Cl. 3 of the Federal Constitution in violation of N.C. Gen.Stat. 148-37.1," id. ¶ 21, the complaint against these defendants, too, will be dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
For the foregoing reasons, the court will grant the separate motions of defendants Beverly Perdue and Eleanor Holmes Norton to dismiss the complaint under Rule 12(b)(6), and, acting sua sponte, will dismiss the complaint against defendants Eric H. Holder, Jr., and Harley G. Lappin under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). A separate order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.