Huff v. United States of America

Filing 62

ORDER Denying as moot 60 Motion to Appoint Counsel and 61 Motion for Court Order for Pre-trial Payment. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no further pleadings from Plaintiff will be accepted for filing in this action WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL FROM THE COURT. Signed by Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey on 4/23/14. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - EDS)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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Keith Hoff,

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Case No.: 2:12-cv-00235-JAD-PAL

Plaintiff

Order Denying Motion
for Appointment of Counsel [Doc. 60]
and Denying Motion for Court Order
for Pre-trial Payment [Doc. 61]

v.
United States et al.,

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Defendants

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This 42 U.S.C. § 1981 civil-rights action was dismissed with prejudice on August 23, 2013.1

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The district court denied plaintiff Keith Hoff’s motion to reopen the case on December 4, 2013, and

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the Ninth Circuit dismissed Hoff’s appeal for failure to pay docketing fees on January 24, 2014.2

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Hoff now brings a motion for appointment of counsel and a motion for court order for pre-trial

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payment.3 When a case is involuntarily dismissed with prejudice, however, this “operates as an

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adjudication on the merits.”4 In other words, the court has determined that the claims raised in this

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case can no longer be pursued through litigation. There will be no trial.

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Doc. 44.

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Docs. 52, 55.

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Docs. 60, 61.
See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b).
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Accordingly, and with good cause appearing,

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It is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff Keith Hoff’s motion for appointment of counsel [Doc.

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60] is DENIED as moot.
It is further ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion for court order for pre-trial payment [Doc. 61]
is DENIED as moot.
It is further ORDERED that no further pleadings from Plaintiff will be accepted for filing in
this action without prior approval from the court.
DATED April 23, 2014.

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Jennifer A. Dorsey
United States District Judge

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