The opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
ADMIRAL ALA’AD-DIN BEY,
Plaintiff,
v.
Civil Action No. 26 - 37 (LLA)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE,
Defendant.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
In August 2011, Admiral Ala’Ad-Din Bey was charged with assaulting a federal officer in
violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111(a) and (b). See Compl. at 1-2, United States v. Amin-Bey,
No. 16-CR-91 (D.N.J. Aug. 18, 2011), ECF No. 1. In 2016, he pleaded guilty to the one-count
information. Minute Entry, United States v. Amin-Bey, No. 16-CR-91 (D.N.J. Feb. 29, 2016), ECF
No. 59. He was sentenced to time served and a one-year term of supervised release. See Judgment
at 2-3, United States v. Amin-Bey, No. 16-CR-91 (D.N.J. May 12, 2016), ECF No. 64.
In 2023, Mr. Amin-Bey filed a 793-page pro se motion seeking to reopen his criminal case.
Request to Reopen Case, United States v. Amin-Bey, No. 16-CR-91 (D.N.J. May 22, 2023), ECF
No. 65. The court denied his request and his subsequent motions without prejudice, explaining
that “[t]o the extent Defendant is petitioning to set aside his plea or sentence, he must file a motion
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255.” Order at 1-2, United States v. Amin-Bey, No. 16-CR-91
(D.N.J. June 16, 2023), ECF No. 74. Mr. Amin-Bey then filed a motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 2255, apparently challenging his 2016 conviction on jurisdictional grounds. See Motion to
Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence, at 2, Amin-Bey v. United States, No. 23-CV-3512
(D.N.J. June 28, 2023), ECF No. 1. The court issued an order requiring Mr. Amin-Bey show cause
why the case should not be dismissed because he was no longer in custody. Order at 3, Amin-Bey
v. United States, No. 23-CV-3512 (D.N.J. Aug. 30, 2023), ECF No. 11. That order
administratively terminated the case pending receipt of Mr. Amin-Bey’s response. Id.
Mr. Amin-Bey twice appealed the show-cause order, but his appeals were dismissed for lack of
jurisdiction because there was no final appealable order. See Amin-Bey, No. 23-CV-3512, ECF
Nos. 12 to 15, 17, 18, 21.
Mr. Amin-Bey subsequently commenced this action against the U.S. Department of
Justice. ECF No. 1. He alleges that “the Department of Justice & United States District Court [for
the] District of New Jersey [have] violated [his] Moorish Afrimerican Islaamic faith-based
religious freedom of speech rights to proclaim [his] autocephalous Moorish Afrimerican
Nationality & autocephalous aboriginal Moorish Afrimerican Islaamic Universal Religion of
Truth.” Id. at 1. Although his complaint is no picture of clarity, it appears that he is again
challenging his criminal conviction in the District of New Jersey. See, e.g., id. (discussing the
“District of New Jersey[‘s] facilitation of abuse of process & malicious prosecution”); id. at 2
(explaining that he has submitted declarations “for the purpose of overturning the verdict for
criminal case 2:16-cr-91 in the United States District Court of New Jersey”); id. at 4-5 (arguing
that he entered into his plea of guilty under duress).
It is well established that this court “lacks jurisdiction to review decisions of other federal
courts.” Klayman v. Rao, 49 F.4th 550, 552 (D.C. Cir. 2022) (per curiam) (quoting Smalls v.
United States, 471 F.3d 186, 192 (D.C. Cir. 2006)); see Calderon v. Brown, No. 15-CV-75, 2015
WL 222164, at *1 (D.D.C. Jan. 13, 2015) (“As a general rule applicable here, this [c]ourt lacks
subject matter jurisdiction to review the decisions of another court[.]”). The court will accordingly
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dismiss Mr. Amin-Bey’s case for lack of jurisdiction. In light of that dismissal, the court will deny
as moot his motion for service by the United States Marshals Service. ECF No. 2. A
contemporaneous order will issue.
LOREN L. ALIKHAN
United States District Judge
Date: April 2, 2026
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