Maxey v. Sacramento County Board of Supervisors

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RELATED CASE ORDER and FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 2/3/2014 GRANTING 2 Motion to Proceed IFP, REASSIGNING ACTIONS to District Judge John A. Mendez and Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan and RECOMMENDING that this action be dismissed without leave to amend. Objections due within 14 days after being served with these findings and recommendations. Referred to District Judge John A. Mendez.(Donati, J)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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No. 2:14-cv-269-TLN-CKD PS

Plaintiff,
v.
MITCHELL McCONNELL,

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Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,
Plaintiff,

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v.
EARLE ANDERSON,
Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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No. 2:14-cv-271-TLN-CKD PS

No. 2:14-cv-272-KJM-CKD PS

Plaintiff,
v.
SONOMA COUNTY REPUBLICAN
PARTY,
Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
AMADOR COUNTY REPUBLICAN
PARTY,
Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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v.
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY REPUBLICAN
PARTY,
Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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v.
SACRAMENTO COUNTY
REPUBLICAN PARTY,
Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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No. 2:14-cv-278-GEB-DAD PS

Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-277-TLN-DAD PS

Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-275-MCE-KJN PS

Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-274-LKK-CKD PS

v.
JOHN BOEHNER,

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Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
YUBA COUNTY REPUBLICAN
PARTY,
Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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v.
PLACER COUNTY REPUBLICAN
PARTY,
Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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No. 2:14-cv-284-KJM-AC PS

Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-282-KJM-KJN PS

Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-281-TLN-KJN PS

v.
MICHELLE MAXEY,

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Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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No. 2:14-cv-288-TLN-DAD PS

SACRAMENTO COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS,

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Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-289-KJM-EFB PS

v.
JOHN ASHCROFT,

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Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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No. 2:14-cv-290-LKK-AC PS

SACRAMENTO METRO FIRE
DEPARTMENT,

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Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

No. 2:14-cv-291-LKK-KJN PS

Plaintiff,

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v.

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MITT ROMNEY,
Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-292-MCE-EFB PS

v.
JOHN McCAIN,

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Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
BOARD,
Defendant.

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No. 2:14-cv-293 GEB-KJN PS

JAMES C. MAXEY,

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No. 2:14-cv-294-TLN-DAD PS

Plaintiff,

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v.

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JAMES COMEY,

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Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY REPUBLICAN
PARTY,
Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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No. 2:14-cv-296-JAM-CKD PS

Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-295-TLN-AC PS

v.
CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS
RETIREMENT SYSTEM,
Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
MURDOCH, WALRATH AND
HOLMES, INC.,
Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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No. 2:14-cv-298-KJM-DAD PS

Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-297-TLN-CKD PS

v.
MICHAEL PLATINI,

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Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

No. 2:14-cv-299-JAM-AC PS

Plaintiff,

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v.

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SEPP BLATTER,
Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-300-LKK-AC PS

v.
COSTCO, INC.,

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Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL,
INC.,
Defendant.

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No. 2:14-cv-301-MCE-AC PS

JAMES C. MAXEY,

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No. 2:14-cv-302-MCE-DAD PS

Plaintiff,

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v.

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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER,

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Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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CY CURNIN,
Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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No. 2:14-cv-307-GEB-DAD PS

Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-303-JAM-KJN PS

v.
SACRAMENTO COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS,
Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-313-MCE-DAD PS

v.
BARACK OBAMA,

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Defendant.

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JAMES C. MAXEY,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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No. 2:14-cv-314-TLN-EFB PS

RELATED CASE ORDER AND FINDINGS
AND RECOMMENDATIONS

HILLARY CLINTON,
Defendant.

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Examination of the above-entitled actions reveals that the actions are related within the

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meaning of E.D. Cal. Local Rule 123. The actions involve similar claims and similar questions of

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fact and law, and would therefore entail a substantial duplication of labor if heard by different

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judges. See E.D. Cal. L.R. 123(a). Accordingly, the assignment of the matters to the same judge

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is likely to effect a substantial savings of judicial effort and is also likely to be convenient for the

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parties.

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Pursuant to the Related Case Order issued on January 27, 2014, in the lead case of Maxey

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v. Cal. State Bar Assn., No. 2:14-cv-133-JAM-EFB PS, relating 61 other actions, and the Related

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Case Order issued on January 28, 2014, in the lead case of Maxey v. Cal. Medical Bd., No. 2:14-

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cv-238-JAM-EFB PS, relating an additional 8 cases, these above-captioned actions will be

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reassigned to Judge Mendez and Magistrate Judge Brennan. The parties should be aware that

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relating the cases under Local Rules 123 merely has the result that both actions are assigned to the

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same judge; no consolidation of the actions is affected.

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In each of the above-entitled actions, in which plaintiff is proceeding in propria persona,

Motions to Proceed In Forma Pauperis

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plaintiff seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff’s

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declarations make the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) and (2). Accordingly, the

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requests to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).

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Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), the court is directed to dismiss the case at any time if

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it determines the allegation of poverty is untrue, or if the action is frivolous or malicious, fails to

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state a claim on which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief against an immune

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Screening of Plaintiff’s Complaints

defendant.
Although pro se pleadings are liberally construed, see Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519,

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520-21 (1972), a complaint, or portion thereof, should be dismissed for failure to state a claim if it

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fails to set forth “enough facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.” Bell Atl.

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Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 554, 562-563 (2007) (citing Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41

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(1957)); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). “[A] plaintiff’s obligation to provide the ‘grounds’ of

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his ‘entitlement to relief’ requires more than labels and conclusions, and a formulaic recitation of

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a cause of action’s elements will not do. Factual allegations must be enough to raise a right to

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relief above the speculative level on the assumption that all of the complaint’s allegations are

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true.” Id. (citations omitted). Dismissal is appropriate based either on the lack of cognizable

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legal theories or the lack of pleading sufficient facts to support cognizable legal theories.

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Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dep’t, 901 F.2d 696, 699 (9th Cir. 1990).

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In reviewing a complaint under this standard, the court must accept as true the allegations

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of the complaint in question, Hospital Bldg. Co. v. Rex Hosp. Trustees, 425 U.S. 738, 740 (1976),

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construe the pleading in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, and resolve all doubts in the

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plaintiff’s favor, Jenkins v. McKeithen, 395 U.S. 411, 421 (1969). A pro se plaintiff must satisfy

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the pleading requirements of Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 8(a)(2)

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“requires a complaint to include a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader

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is entitled to relief, in order to give the defendant fair notice of what the claim is and the grounds
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upon which it rests.” Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 554, 562-563 (2007) (citing

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Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41 (1957)).

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As with the other 61 actions addressed in the order and recommendation filed in 2:14-cv-

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153-JAM-EFB PS on January 27, 2014, and the 8 actions addressed in the January 28, 2014 order

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and recommendation, the complaints filed in the above-entitled actions are frivolous. The

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complaints are almost identical, containing only minor differences in each case. In each

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complaint, plaintiff alleges that the action arises from “plaintiff being deprived the most basic

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rights guaranteed by the California and United States Constitution and statutory law.” Plaintiff

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alleges that he is a resident of Carmichael, California, and that he is unemployed and disabled due

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to the actions of the named defendant. Plaintiff alleges that venue is appropriate in this district

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for each case because “numerous acts, transactions, wrongs, and breaches of contract give rise to

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violations of civil and criminal law described in this complaint [which] occurred within this

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county, state and other states.”

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Each complaint also contains a section entitled “Allegations Applicable to All Causes of

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Action.” This section consists of boilerplate created by plaintiff wherein he leaves blanks to later

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fill in. This section appears in each complaint as follows:

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The plaintiff, James C. Maxey, suffered injury due to the actions of the [space provided
for plaintiff to inserts the names of individuals or companies] on, or about [space where
plaintiff inserts a date]. The plaintiff’s injuries were caused by [blank space where
plaintiff identifies different parties or companies] associates affiliated [another blank
space].

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In some of his complaints, plaintiff adds another sentence to the allegation section, which

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provides, “From September 2001 through the present time, the plaintiff was fraudulently

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misrepresented as being associated with Osama Bin Laden.”

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With the exception of two of the complaints, all complaints further allege that “defendants

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have harassed, intimidated, coerced, blackmailed, physically assaulted, falsely arrested, falsely

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convicted and falsely imprisoned the plaintiff as part of an illegal conspiracy to suppress his

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rights under the U.S. Constitution.” These complaints also request, among other things, that the

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court issue an order requiring the City of Sacramento to “delay any planning or construction of
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any downtown sports arena, until the City Council legally litigates . . . James C. Maxey v.

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Sacramento Kings (NBA) Inc.” In many of his complaints, plaintiff requests one billion dollars

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in damages for his injuries.

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In two of the above captioned cases, plaintiff seeks a writ of mandamus. See Maxey v.

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Sacramento Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors., No. 2:14-cv-288-TLN-DAD PS; Maxey v. Sacramento

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Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors., No. 2:14-cv-307-GEB-DAD PS. In these two actions plaintiff requests

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that the court issue an order directing the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors to

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immediately terminate Sacramento County District Attorney Janet Scully’s employment.

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Plaintiff contends that Janet Scully “has harassed, intimidated, coerced, blackmailed, physically

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assaulted, falsely arrested, falsely convicted, and falsely imprisoned” plaintiff. He further

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contents that Janet Scully and the United States Department of Homeland Security illegally

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classified plaintiff “as being ‘Osama Bin Laden’ under the United States ‘Patriot Act.’”

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Plaintiff has now filed 98 complaints that provide no clues as to what cause of action is

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being asserted against what defendant. Apart from the sheer number of complaints filed by

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plaintiff, his complaints name many different defendants who--as best as can be gleaned from the

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complaints--appear to have nothing to do with plaintiff, including the Republican parties of

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several northern California counties, Speaker John Boehner, Senator Mitch McConnell, the

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Minority Leader of the Senate, just to name a few. Plaintiff’s allegations include conclusory and

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unexplained assertions that the defendants in each case blackmailed, falsely imprisoned, and

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physically assaulted him. However, the complaint does not contain specific factual allegations

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showing any particular cause of action as to any particular defendant. Nor does the complaint

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show how this court would have subject matter jurisdiction over any such claim. Given the

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failure of the complaint to establish or even suggest a legally cognizable claim, the court finds

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that all of plaintiff’s above captioned complaints are frivolous. See Denton v. Hernandez, 504

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U.S. 25, 32-33 (1992) (observing that a court has the “power to pierce the veil of the complaint’s

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factual allegations and dismiss those claims whose factual contentions are clearly baseless,”

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which includes “claims describing fantastic or delusional scenarios.”). Accordingly, all of the

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above-entitled actions must be dismissed without leave to amend pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §
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1915(e)(2). Noll v. Carlson, 809 F.2d 1446, 1448 (9th Cir. 1987 (While the court ordinarily

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would permit a pro se plaintiff to amend, leave to amend should not be granted where it appears

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amendment would be futile).

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Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that:

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1. The above-entitled actions are reassigned to Judge Mendez and Magistrate Judge

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Brennan for all further proceedings.
2. Plaintiff’s requests for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, filed in the above-entitled
actions, are granted subject to the recommendation below.
3. The Clerk is directed to file a copy of this order and findings and recommendations in
the above-entitled cases.

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Further, it is RECOMMENDED that:

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1. Plaintiff’s complaints filed in the above-entitled cases be dismissed without leave to

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amend; and

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2. The Clerk be directed to close the above-entitled cases.

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These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge

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assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within fourteen days

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after being served with these findings and recommendations, any party may file written

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objections with the court and serve a copy on all parties. Such a document should be captioned

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“Objections to Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendations.” Failure to file objections

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within the specified time may waive the right to appeal the District Court’s order. Turner v.

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Duncan, 158 F.3d 449, 455 (9th Cir. 1998); Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991).

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DATED: February 3, 2014.

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