Cruz v. House of Representatives of the U.S.A.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) ALEX CRUZ, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 17-cv-0307 (KBJ) ) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ) THE U.S.A., ) ) Defendant. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Pro se Plaintiff Alex Cruz is a federal prisoner who is asking this Court to declare that the federal criminal code is “null and void” pursuant to the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201. (Compl., ECF No. 1, at 19 (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).) 1 Cruz’s argument is predicated on the contention that Congress did not enact H.R. 3190 properly; that legislation,…