Womack v. Finkelstein

Filing 7

ORDER that a pre-filing review system is hereby imposed, and all documents submitted by the Pltf Carl Womack in the future, whether in this case or in any other action filed in this District, will be pre-screened by the Court for content. Any proposed filings that are not made in good faith or which lack substance or merit will be returned to the Pltf without further explanation. Signed by District Judge Martin Reidinger on 6/26/2019. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail.)(ejb)

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE DIVISION
CIVIL CASE NO. 1:19-cv-00150-MR-WCM

CARL WOMACK,

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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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JOHANNA FINKELSTEIN,
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Defendant.
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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Plaintiff’s response [Doc. 6]
to the Court’s Show Cause Order [Doc. 4].
On June 6, 2019, the Court entered an Order dismissing this action as
frivolous and directing the Plaintiff to show cause why a pre-filing review
system should not be imposed. [Doc. 4].

The Plaintiff responded to the

Court’s Order on June 21, 2019. [Doc. 6].
Upon review of the Plaintiff’s response, the Court finds that the Plaintiff
has failed to articulate a reason why a pre-filing review system should not be
imposed. Indeed, instead of addressing the propriety of imposing a pre-filing
review system, the Plaintiff accuses the undersigned of misconduct and
obstruction of justice in having dismissed this case. He then proceeds to re-

argue his view of the merits of his claim while completely ignoring the
jurisdictional and factual basis for the dismissal. [Doc. 6].
Accordingly, for all the reasons set forth in the Court’s prior Order [Doc.
4], the Court will direct that all documents submitted by the Plaintiff in the
future will be pre-screened by the Court for content. Any proposed filings
that are not made in good faith or which lack substance or merit will be
returned to the Plaintiff without further explanation. Such a review system
“will allow Plaintiff to have access to the Courts for his legitimate concerns,
but will prevent him from usurping the Court’s resources with his baseless
submissions.”

Vandyke v. Francis, No. 1:12-CV-128-RJC, 2012 WL

2576747, at *3 (W.D.N.C. July 3, 2012).
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that a pre-filing review system is
hereby imposed, and all documents submitted by the Plaintiff Carl Womack
in the future, whether in this case or in any other action filed in this District,
will be pre-screened by the Court for content. Any proposed filings that are
not made in good faith or which lack substance or merit will be returned to
the Plaintiff without further explanation.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

Signed: June 26, 2019

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