                                 ORIGINAL
           3Jn tbe Wniteb $tates <!Court of jfeberal <!Claims
                                       No. 1: 18-cv-O 1089
                                      (Filed: July 27, 2018)

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CASSANDRA METTS, et al.             *
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                  Plaintiff,        *                                         FILED
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            v.                      *                                         JUL 27 2018
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THE UNITED ST ATES,                 *                                     U.S. COURT OF
                                                                         FEDERAL CLAIMS
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                  Defendant.        *
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                                             ORDER

        Plaintiffs, proceedingpro se, filed their complaint in this Court on July 17, 2018, along
with an application to proceed in forma pauperis ("App. IFP"). Plaintiffs seek "relief from the
comts to remove firearms and illegal mental state assault" in violation of two Maryland criminal
statutes. Pl. 's Compl. at A-6; App. IFP at A-7. Because this Comt does not have jurisdiction
over criminal matters, this case must be dismissed. See Joshua v. United States, 1994 U.S. App.
LEXIS 3020 at *3 (Fed. Cir. 1994). The Clerk of the Comt is directed to DISMISS Plaintiffs'
complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Plaintiffs' request to proceed in forma pauperis
is moot and therefore DENIED.

       IT IS SO ORDERED.

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                                                               EDWARDJ.DAMICH
                                                               Senior Judge
