Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE )

P60005535, )

Plaintiff, Case No. f2s-ev-356-SPB

)

Vv. )

KIM KARDASHIAN, et al., )

Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Susan Paradise Baxter, United States District Judge

L Introduction

Ronald Satish Emrit (“Emrit”), acting on his own behalf, commenced this civil action in

the name of “Presidential Candidate P60005535.” This Court has previously taken judicial

notice of Emrit’s status as a serial, vexatious litigant. See Emrit v. United States Pat. &

Trademark Off, No. 1:25-CV-278-SPB, 2025 WL 2988663, at *2 (W.D. Pa. Oct. 23, 2025)

(citing Emrit v. Prince George's Cnty. Police Dep't, No. CV 25-249, 2025 WL 2345179, at *2

(W.D. Pa. Aug. 13, 2025) (recounting “Plaintiff's proclivity for initiating frivolous and vexations

litigations on various topics in multiple U.S. District Courts throughout the country”); Emrit v.

Progressive Ins. Co., Case No. 3:24-cv-13, 2024 WL 436385, at *2 (N.D. Fla. Jan. 11, 2024)

(identifying Plaintiff as a “‘serial pro se filer’ who has been a party in more than 700 federal

cases and the plaintiff in more than 400 federal cases”), Report and Recommendation adopted,

2024 WL 420143 (N_D. Fla. Feb. 5, 2024), appeal dismissed, No. 24-10413-G, 2024 WL

3664060 (11th Cir. Mar. 4, 2024); Emrit v. Bd. of Immigr. Appeals, Case No. 2:22-CV-00110,

2022 WL 4287659, at *1 & n.1 (S.D. W. Va. Mar. 31, 2022) (court noting that Emrit had filed

cases “nationwide, from Maine to Hawaii” and cataloguing all the various cases that were

dismissed as meritless and frivolous), Report and Recommendation adopted, 2022 WL 3594518

(S.D. W. Va. Aug. 23, 2022), .

In this lawsuit, Emrit has named some twenty-eight (28) Defendants. These include a

mish-mash of public or historical figures (such as Kim Kardashian, Kelly Clarkson, Ye West,

and “Pope Sixtus IV”), private individuals (including Emrit’s own nephew, “Daryl Christopher

Brooks ‘also known as’ Crooks....”), and various inanimate concepts, places, or things (e.g.,

“The Creation of Adam Painted by Michaelangelo,” “the country of Denmark,” “Schrodinger’s

Cat,” “ALDI Grocery Store,” “ETSY Online Shopping,” and “the City of Key West, Florida”).

He seeks leave to prosecute his complaint in forma pauperis (“IFP”) and has filed an affidavit in

support of his IFP application. ECF No. 1.

I. Review of Plaintiff’s Application for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has instructed the district courts

to utilize a two-step analysis when determining whether to direct service of a complaint in cases

where the plaintiff seeks to proceed in forma pauperis. See Roman y. Jeffes, 904 F.2d 192, 194

n. 1 (3d Cir. 1990). First, the district court evaluates a litigant's financial status and determines

whether he or she is eligible to proceed in forma pauperis under § 1915(a); second, the court

assesses the complaint under § 1915(e)(2) to determine whether it is frivolous or otherwise

subject to sua sponte dismissal. Jd. (citing Sinwell v. Shapp, 536 F.2d 15 (3d Cir. 1976)); see

Brown y. Sage, 903 F.3d 300, 304 (3d Cir. 2018) (describing two-step process for evaluating a

petitioner's motion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal); Schneller v. Abel Home Care, Inc.,

389 F. App'x 90, 92 (3d Cir. 2010); Rogers v. United States, 248 F. App'x 402, 402-03 (3d Cir.

Sept. 21, 2007).

Here, Emrit’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted, as it appears

that he lacks sufficient funds to pay the required filing and administrative fees in this action.

Accordingly, the Clerk will be directed to file his complaint as a separate docket entry.

Ill. Review of Plaintiff’s Complaint Under 28 U.S.C. §1915(e)

A. Governing Legal Standards

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), as amended, “[t]he court shall dismiss the case at any

time if the court determines that ... (B) the action or appeal (i) is frivolous or malicious; (ii) fails

to state a claim on which relief may be granted; or (iii) seeks monetary relief against a defendant

who is immune from such relief.” A claim is frivolous if it: (1) is based upon an indisputably

meritless legal theory and/or, (2) contains factual contentions that are clearly baseless. Neitzke v.

Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 327 (1989).

Whether a complaint fails to state a viable claim under § 1915(e) is governed by the same

standard applicable to motions to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). See

Tourscher v. McCullough, 184 F.3d 236, 240 (3d Cir. 1999). This standard requires the court to

determine whether the complaint contains “sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a

claim to relief that is plausible on its face.” Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009)

(quotations omitted). When reviewing a complaint to determine whether it states a cognizable

legal claim, we accept the well-pled factual averments as true and construe all reasonable

inference arising from the facts in favor of the complainant. See Taksir v. Vanguard Grp., 903

F.3d 95, 96-97 (3d Cir. 2018). However, the Court is “not compelled to accept unsupported

conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.”

Baraka v. McGreevey, 481 F.3d 187, 195 (3d Cir. 2007) (internal quotations and citations

omitted), Although a complaint does not need detailed factual allegations to survive a Rule

12(b)(6) review, it must contain more than just labels and conclusions or a “formulaic recitation

of the elements of a cause of action.” Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007).

Here, Plaintiff is proceeding pro se. Therefore, his complaint must be liberally construed

and “held ‘to less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers.’” Fantone v.

Latini, 780 F.3d 184, 193 (3d Cir. 2015) (quoting Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520-21

(1972)); see also Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 94 (2007). But while courts construe pro se

pleadings liberally, “there are limits to [this] procedural flexibility,” and the litigant must still

allege sufficient facts to support a valid claim. Mala v. Crown Bay Marina, Inc., 704 F.3d 239,

245 (3d Cir. 2013).

Before dismissing a complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be

granted pursuant to §1915, a court must grant the plaintiff leave to amend the complaint, unless

further amendment would be inequitable or futile. See Grayson y Mayview State Hosp., 293

F.3d 103, 114 (3d Cir. 2002).

B. Analysis

As is typical of Emrit’s lawsuits, the allegations in this case lack any arguable basis

either in law or in fact. Neitzke, 490 U.S. at 325, 327. Much of his pleading addresses abstract

concepts such as immortality, religion and time travel. The complaint contains numerous stream

of consciousness allegations touching upon, e.g., Albert Einstein’s theory of special relativity,

eternal salvation and immortality, free will, the Holy Grail, the “Big Bang” theory, the “Yang-

Mills Theory” and “gauge symmetry,” and “Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking.” ECF No. 1-2,

1 1-14. At another point, the complaint addresses how Emrit met Defendant Sabine Aisha Jules

in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and later got into an argument with her at a Hooters restaurant. Id.

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153-56. Emrit appears to believe that this restaurant has some connection to “cancer cells,

oncogenes, retroviruses, and doll eyes.” /d. at §57.

However, Emrit’s primary grievances concern journalist Erin Burnett of CNN, celebrity

personality Kim Kardashian, and an individual by the name of Maria Cherniavska. Emrit alleges

that, approximately ten years ago, Burnett referred to the daughter of Steph Curry as “annoying”

-- a remark which he considers racist. ECF No. 1-1, {§66-67. Emrit also complains that Burnett

has defamed both President Clinton and President Trump “by insinuating that both of them are

ona client list maintained by either Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislain Maxwell.” Id., 470. As for Kim

Kardashian, Emrit appears to believe that she is among the “socialites who promote [a] feminist

agenda that emasculates weak males” and motivates liberals to oppose the Trump administration.

Id., 976. Defendant Maria Cherniavska is a Ukrainian woman with whom Emrit had prior

communications. Id, at 72. According to the complaint, Emrit paid approximately 300 Euros i

2022 to fund Cherniavska’s transport from Kharkiv, Ukraine to Warsaw, Poland; but at some

point in 2025, Cherniavska deactivated her Whatsapp account ended further communication. Jd.

at 9972-73.

The Complaint purports to set forth four causes of action. Count I is a public nuisance

claim premised on Kardashian’s alleged involvement in emasculating males. ECF No. 1-1 at

76-83. Count II is styled as a claim for “Industrial Espionage” but alleges that Burnett

committed the tort of invasion of privacy through false light by insinuating that Presidents

Clinton and Trump are on the Epstein client list. Jd., {§84-86. Count III sets forth a claim for

intentional infliction of emotional distress based on Burnett’s alleged insinuations that Presidents

Clinton and Trump were Epstein clients. Emrit also asserts that Ms. Cherniavska intentionally

inflicted emotional distress upon him by deactivating her Whatsapp accounts without informing

him. Jd., §{87-90. Count IV alleges that Kardashian has tortiously interfered with business

relations and contracts by “creating a culture in Hollywood that actively tries to emasculate weak

males ....” Jd. 491. . .

Emrit’s complaint suffers from numerous incurable defects and must be dismissed. F irst,

no legal relief can attach to those “Defendants” who are not individuals or legal entities capable

of being sued. Fed. R. Civ. P. 17. These include, e.g.; Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam,”

the Sistine Chapel, Pope Sixtus IV (who died in 1484), the Bering Strait, the “Copenhagen

Interpretation of Quantum Physics/Mechanics,” “Schrodinger’s Cat, or “The Blair Witch (Moll

Dyer) of Leonardtown, Maryland.”

Second, as to those Defendants who are capable of being sued, this Court lacks

jurisdiction over any putative claim. Article III of the United States Constitution limits a federal

court's jurisdiction to actual cases or controversies. U.S. Const., art. III, § 2, cl. 1. For there to be

a “case or controversy” under Article IIL, the plaintiff must have a “personal stake” in the case,

or “standing.” TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, 594 U.S. 413, 423 (2021). The plaintiff, as the party

invoking federal jurisdiction, bears the burden of establishing standing. Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins,

578 U.S. 330, 338 (2016). To do so, the plaintiff must demonstrate “(i) that he suffered an injury

in fact that is concrete, particularized, and actual or imminent; (ii) that the injury was likely

caused by the defendant; and (iii) that the injury would likely be redressed by judicial relief.”

Ramirez, 594 U.S. at 423 (citing Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560-61 (1992)). “If the

plaintiff does not claim to have suffered an injury that the defendant caused and the court can

remedy, there is no case or controversy for the federal court to resolve.” Jd. (internal quotations

and citation omitted).

Here, Emrit has not established that he has standing to sue anyone regarding Burnett’s

alleged insinuations about Presidents Clinton or Trump being in the Epstein files. Emrit’s

description of himself as a Trump supporter. and his claim that he is negatively affected by the

“media’s relentless and nonstop coverage of this defamatory publication[]” is insufficient to

show any injury in fact to himself. Nor has Emrit established standing relative to his complaints

about Kardashian emasculating “weak” men. And as for most of the other individuals, countries,

or businesses named as “Defendants” -- including the countries of Greenland and Denmark,

Sabine Aisha Jules, Jeffrey Rodriguez, Gregory Legagneur, Alexandra Legagneur, ALDI

Grocery Store, ETSY Online Shopping, Kelly Clarkson, Kelly Ripa, Ryan Seacrest, A$AP

Rocky, Robin Rihanna Fenty, Ye West, the “City of Key West,” Opus Dei, and Governor Oden

Bowie -- Emrit has made no allegations tying any of these Defendants to a particularized,

redressable injury that he suffered. See Presidential Candidate No. P60005535 v. Kardashian,

No. 3:25-CV-2695-JES-VET, 2025 WL 2962003, at *2 (S.D. Cal. Oct. 20, 2025) (“Plaintiff

argues that he was wrongfully denied a Section 8 Housing voucher but does not state any facts

tracing that injury to acts by any Defendant. Plaintiff does not state how he individually was

injured by Defendants allegedly emasculating various public figures or by tortious interference

with business relations. Further, Plaintiff cannot bring an action based on defamation on behalf

of the President.”).

Emrit comes closer to alleging personal injury in his claim against Cherniavska and in his

averment that his nephew, Daryl Christopher Brooks, is a “nuisance . . . with his unwelcome

guests and trap music.” ECF no. 1-2, §33. But even if Emrit can establish standing to sue

Cherniavska and Brooks, these claims otherwise fail for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

Though Emrit cites diversity-of-citizenship as a basis for this Court’s jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C.

§1332, he concedes that “the amount in controversy does not exceeds [sic ] $75,000 (ie. $0 is

less than $75,000)...” ECF No. 1-2 at 7, 952. Therefore, he acknowledges that “this court does

not have jurisdiction based on the amount in controversy.” Id)

Nor does any basis exist for this Court to exercise federal question jurisdiction. On the

contrary, all of the putative claims in the complaint implicate state law. Emrit asserts that a

federal question is present because “this proceeding involves a discussion of Title VII of the

Civil Rights Act of 1964, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Equal Protection Clause, Due

Process Clause, Fourth Amendment, and Privileges and Immunities Clause.” ECF No. 1-2 at 7,

149. Elsewhere, he makes passing reference to the Federal Tort Claims Act. See idat 2. But

Emrit has not alleged facts that could plausibly establish his standing to sue any of the named

Defendants under these federal laws.

Moreover, it is clear from a review of the complaint that venue does not lie in this judicia

district. See 28 U.S.C. §1391(b). None of the Defendants identified in the complaint are

residents of this Commonwealth, nor do Emrit’s allegations suggest that any part of the events or

omissions giving rise to his putative claims occurred here. Notably, Emrit identifies himself as a

resident of both Nevada and Maryland, but not Pennsylvania. He further suggests that the U.S.

District Court for the District of Alaska is the proper forum for his claims. See ECF No. 1-2 at 7,

9948-49. In sum, this judicial district plainly is not the appropriate venue for Emrit’s lawsuit.

IV. Conclusion .

Based upon the foregoing reasons, the Plaintiffs motion for leave to proceed in forma

pauperis will be granted. However, the complaint will be dismissed without prejudice for lack

! The complaint also suggests that Emrit and his nephew live in the same building, which

obviously casts doubt on the diversity of their citizenship.

of jurisdiction. The dismissal of the complaint will be without leave to amend, as further

amendment would be futile. Grayson, 293 F.3d at 114.

An appropriate order follows.

. SUSAN PARADISE BAXTER □

United States District Judge