An incarcerated man proclaimed himself the reincarnation of Tupac Shakur and demanded entry to the late rapper’s wealth.
In accordance with courtroom paperwork obtained by AllHipHop, an inmate named Tarnell Leon Jones filed a lawsuit to take Tupac’s id.
Jones claimed he was Tupac Shakur returned from the useless. Jones admitted he didn’t seem like Pac and couldn’t keep in mind the rapper’s social safety quantity. He offered publicly identified info, like Tupac’s birthday and the date of the notorious capturing on the Quad in New York, which many say sparked the “East Coast/West Coast” warfare in hip-hop.
However, Jones maintained that if he had been allowed to endure some elaborate medical exams, the world would see that he has two blood varieties – and presumably two hearts.
Jones instructed the courtroom to Google his full title as a result of it in some way interprets to Tupac’s “reincarnation title.” He additionally sought damages for incidents that occurred within the ’90s and requested any paperwork pertaining to Tupac’s id.
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“[Jones] alleges that he was shot by cops in New York Metropolis, Los Angeles, and Atlanta between 1992 and 1995,” United States District Decide Hector Gonzalez wrote. “He additionally alleges {that a} backpack containing greater than $1 million was ‘robbed’ from him, though he has not specified who took it or the place this occasion occurred. [Jones] seeks reimbursement for the medical bills that he incurred due to these occasions.”
The decide added, “He additional calls for that the Court docket restore his start certificates, Social Safety quantity, all different types of identification, and ‘my life’ extra typically. Plaintiff additionally desires different monetary property to which Mr. Shakur can be entitled if he had been alive right this moment: his songs, music studios, automobiles, vehicles, and homes.”
Decide Gonzalez dismissed the case, deeming it to be frivolous. The decide famous Jones is a “prolific litigator” who’s had no less than two different instances dismissed for being silly.
“Plaintiff’s grievance is nonsensical and doesn’t current any cognizable federal claims that might presumably have occurred inside any related statute of limitations interval,” Decide Gonzales wrote.
Jones filed no less than 13 lawsuits previously decade in Colorado, the place he’s incarcerated within the San Carlos Correctional Facility. He submitted the Tupac claims in New York.
Decide Gonzalez dismissed Jones’ claims with prejudice, which implies the inmate can’t refile the lawsuit.
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