Feng v. Lee
- Alex Tse
- 3:26-cv-06032
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
- 2
In Yvonne Ya-Wen Feng v. Carl Lee, Judge Brey dismissed Feng’s complaint with prejudice after finding its allegations frivolous under federal screening law.
The dismissal ended Yvonne Ya-Wen Feng’s case against the defendants named in or described by the complaint, including Christopher Wray, unnamed FBI agents, Feng’s building manager, and the City of Oakland.
What happened
Yvonne Ya-Wen Feng v. Carl Lee, et al. concerned Feng’s allegations that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, unnamed agents, her building manager, and the City of Oakland were part of a conspiracy to harass her, including attempts to kill her, because of her purported medical invention.
A magistrate judge recommended dismissing the case because the complaint’s factual allegations were fanciful and wholly incredible. Feng objected and pointed to documents attached to her complaint, but the court found that those documents did not support her allegations.
Judge Charles R. Brey adopted the recommendation and dismissed the complaint with prejudice under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), finding that amendment would be futile.
The detailed version
- Feng v. Lee · No. 3:26-cv-06032
- Alex Tse
- Aug. 13, 2026
Background
Yvonne Ya-Wen Feng, representing herself, sued former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray, unnamed FBI agents, her building manager, and the City of Oakland. She alleged that the FBI engaged in a broad conspiracy to harass her, including attempts to kill her, because of her purported non-invasive therapeutic invention for treating diseases without drugs or surgery. Feng also sought permission to proceed without paying the ordinary filing costs.
Report and Recommendation
Magistrate Judge Tse reviewed the complaint and recommended dismissal with prejudice. The recommendation concluded that Feng’s factual allegations were frivolous—meaning they were fanciful or wholly incredible—and that amendment would be futile. Feng timely objected. She principally argued that documents attached to her complaint supported her allegations. The court found that the documents did not support the alleged conspiracy. The court also noted that discrepancies between Feng’s paper filing and the electronic docket resulted from corrections to typographical errors in the report, not from changes to the substance of her allegations.
Court’s Analysis
The court stated that a complaint is frivolous when it contains either an indefensible legal conclusion or fanciful factual allegations. It concluded that Feng’s complaint consisted entirely of fanciful allegations. The court found the magistrate judge’s report correct, well-reasoned, and thorough, and adopted it.
Disposition
The court dismissed the complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) with prejudice because amendment would be futile. The order was signed by United States District Judge Charles R. Brey.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.