TINKHAM et al v. PERRY et al

Filing 115

ORDER re 111 Letter filed by PETER TINKHAM, JULIET B ALEXANDER By JUDGE GEORGE Z. SINGAL. (dfr)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
District of Maine
PETER TINKHAM et al.,

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Plaintiffs
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LAURA PERRY et al.,
Defendants

No. 1:12-cv-00229-GZS

ORDER
RE: LETTER (ECF No. 111)
Before the Court is a letter, dated July 4, 2013, addressed to the Magistrate Judge and
signed by Plaintiff Juliet Alexander (ECF No. 111).1 Letters that open with allegations that no
one is reading Plaintiffs’ filings and close with tennis idioms are frivolous filings that require no
action by this Court.
Plaintiffs would be well-advised to focus their filings going forward on the merits of the
claims on which they seek judicial review. To the extent that Plaintiffs are seeking particular
action from the Court, Plaintiffs shall file a properly labeled motion. The Court is obliged to
warn Plaintiffs that repeated groundless and frivolous filings may result in sanctions up to and
including dismissal of this action and future filing restrictions. See Cok v. Family Court of
Rhode Island, 985 F.2d 32 (1st Cir. 1993) (requiring that the Court warn any litigant before
restricting the litigant’s ability to file).
SO ORDERED.
/s/ George Z. Singal
United States District Judge
Dated this 11th day of July, 2013.

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This letter was mailed to the Court along with multiple other filings, which have been separately docketed (ECF
Nos. 108-110).