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SAVANNAH DIVISION RASHAD KAREEM Plaintiff, Case No. CV413-265 HOME SOURCE RENTAL, Defendant. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Proceeding pro Se,
Rashad Kareem filed a form complaint against
Home Source Rental (HSR). Doc. 1. Liberally construed, his complaint appears to seek damages from HSR for having him falsely arrested on theft and conversion charges. Id. at 3-4. But Kareem, who lists a non- prison address, id. at 5; doe. 10 at 1, also sought leave to file his case in forma pauperis (IFP). Doc. 3. Finding his indigency claim suspect, the Court directed him to respond to asset-divulging interrogatories. Doc. 4, reported at 2013 WL 6407484.
In response, Kareem filed a new IFP affidavit with some additional
information but otherwise ignored interrogatories 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8
*2 . 1 Doe. 5. He still insisted that he had no money, yet listed upwards of $2,000 in monthly living expenses plus four dependents, including "grandchildren who depend on us for support." Id. at 2 (emphasis added). He failed to
disclose who makes up "us" (he referenced his wife but disclosed no joint
income). Id.
Reiterating the fact that filing a case without paying the filing fee is
a privilege, not a right, Kareem, 2013 WL 6407484 at * 2 n. 1; Day v. Mosley, 2013 WL 6388483 at * 2 (D.S.C. Dec. 6, 2013), the Court
Those interrogatories were: 2. Whether he owns any means of transportation and, if he does not, whether he has regular access to same, as owned by another (including a rental company); 4. Whether he possesses a cellular telephone, TV set, and any home electronics equipment; 5. Whether he has any credit or debit cards; 6. Whether he is the account owner, or has signature power, as to any accounts with a bank or other financial institution. 7. Whether he anticipates any (within the next year) future income. 8. A list of any other cases showing an indigency-based, filing fee reduction or waiver granted by any other court (include the full case name, case number and the name of the court granting same).
Doe. 4 at 5. Note that, to this day, he has failed to acknowledge, let alone specifically answer, these questions. See doe. 5, 6, 7 & 10.
2 *3 concluded that he failed to comply with its order and denied his IFP motion. Doc. 6. It gave him 11 days to pay the $400 filing fee or face a recommendation of dismissal. Id. at 2.
Rakeem then filed a "Response" asking the Court to keep this case open "until I am aware of the information you request." Doc. 7 at 1. He then disclosed that his wife, a seventh-grade teacher, "shoulders the unfortunate burden of financial responsibility for our family," id., yet he still failed to disclose the amount of that joint income, much less answer Court Interrogatories 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8. Given the level of diction and syntax Kareem deploys, the Court found disingenuous his claim that he is "not aware" of the information requested, yet still not disclosed. So, it advised that his case be dismissed. Doc. 8.
In his "Letter" Objection to the district judge, Kareem denies he was being less than candid and truthful with the Court, and insists he "submitted information repeatedly that I presumed was correct." Doc. 10 at 1. He then filed, for the first time, a mass of personal financial documents, including a joint 2011 federal tax return showing $59,668 in 2 Parties should submit to this Court formal complaints, petitions, motions, briefs, and Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2) Objections, not letters. Letters can get lost, while
complaints, motions and briefs are filed in the record of each case. This creates a
public record of a matter presented for the Court's consideration. See In Re: Unsolicited Letters to Federal Judges, 126 F. Supp. 2d 1073 (S.D. Ga. 2000).
3 *4 adjusted gross income. Id. at 4. He also disclosed -- for the first time -- that he "was approved for unemployment on December 30, 201[3] in the amount of $319.00 per week." Id. at 1. Finally, he impliedly asks the Court to paw through his 37-page mass of 2011 to 2013 documents and distill his financial wherewithal.
That's not how the IFP evaluation process works. And when this Court asks a question, it is to be answered completely, truthfully, and forthrightly. The structure and flow of Kareem's latest filing (doe. 10 at 1-2) demonstrates that he is capable of typing out and answering each Court Interrogatory, and has been able to do so from the start. Yet, he has simply refused to do so. Already convicted (via guilty plea) for uttering a worthless check (see 1st attachment) and currently facing
theft-by-conversion and contempt charges
(see 2nd attachment), Kareem is reminded, should he continue file anything further in this case, that this Court does not tolerate any form of evasion or perjury.'
The undersigned reaffirms the prior Report and Recommendation. This case should be DISMISSED. Colony Ins. Co. v. 9400 Abercorn, LLC, 866 F. Supp. 2d 1376, 1378 n. 2 (S.D. Ga. 2012); United States v. Dickerson, CR608-36, doe. 1 (S.D. Ga. Dec. 11, 2008) (§ 2255
movant indicted for perjury for knowingly lying in his motion seeking collateral relief
from his conviction); id., doe. 47 (guilty verdict), cited in Irick v. United States, 2009 WL 2992562 at * 2 (S.D. Ga. Sept. 17, 2009).
4 *5 SO REPORTED AND RECOMMENDED this / day of May, 2014. UNITED TA- TES MAGISTRATE JUDGE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
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Case Information Defendant Information Court: (cid:9) Magistrate Name: (cid:9) KAREEM, RASHAD Case Number: (cid:9) NO2E865 DIN: (cid:9) S5018647 Case Type: (cid:9) WORTHLESS CHECK-M Gender: MALE Judge: (cid:9) JUDGE MICHAEL BARKER Race: (cid:9) AFRICAN
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