Johnson v. United States Department of Treasury

Paula Johnson, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s order dismissing her civil complaint against the U.S. Department of the Treasury without prejudice for failure to state a claim for relief. We AFFIRM.

I. BACKGROUND

Johnson, an Illinois private citizen, filed a pro se civil complaint against the Financial Management Service of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) in which she alleged that Treasury deducted money from her federal disability benefits in violation of 31 U.S.C. §§ 3711(a) and 3716. Rl-1 at 2-3. Johnson stated that since 2004 she had been making payments to…