Banks v. Cocas et al

Filing 5

ORDER DISMISSING CASE. Signed by Judge James Donato on 11/7/17. (lrcS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/7/2017)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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FREDERICK BANKS,

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Plaintiff,

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ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v.

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DONOVAN COCAS, et al.,

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Defendants.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

Case No. 17-cv-04236-JD

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner in Ohio, has filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C.

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§ 1983. He has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff presents allegations

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against several United States Attorneys and Federal Judges in the Western District of

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Pennsylvania. He also names the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence

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Agency as defendants. Plaintiff filed an earlier case with the same allegations against the same

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defendants that was transferred to the Western District of Pennsylvania. See Banks v. Song, No.

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17-cv-4100 JD. This case is DISMISSED as duplicative. See Adams v. Cal. Dept. of Health

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Services, 487 F.3d 684, 688 (9th Cir. 2007).1
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: November 7, 2017

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JAMES DONATO
United States District Judge

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The Court notes that plaintiff has been declared a vexatious litigant in the Western District of
Pennsylvania. See, e.g., Banks v. Babcock, No. 15-1584, 2017 WL 978101 (W.D. PA March 14,
2017).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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FREDERICK BANKS,

Case No. 17-cv-04236-JD

Plaintiff,
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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DONOVAN COCAS, et al.,
Defendants.

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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S.
District Court, Northern District of California.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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That on November 7, 2017, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by
placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by
depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery
receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

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Frederick Banks ID: 05711-068
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
2440 Hubbard Road
Youngstown, OH 44505

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Dated: November 7, 2017

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Susan Y. Soong
Clerk, United States District Court

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By:________________________
LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the
Honorable JAMES DONATO

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