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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TONY CAMPBELL, 

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-05-0937 GEB KJM P

vs.

R. GUFFEE, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C.

§ 1983, and has requested authority to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. This

proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 72-302 by the authority of 28 U.S.C. 

§ 636(b)(1). 

As a preliminary matter, before this court can make the determination whether

plaintiff may proceed in forma pauperis, it is necessary to consider the number of lawsuits

plaintiff has filed and their dispositions. Plaintiff has signed his complaint under the penalty of

perjury. He avers he has filed one previous lawsuit and has placed a line through those follow-up

questions about docket number, date of filing, and disposition. Complaint at 1-2. 

This court may and does take judicial notice of its own records, which show

plaintiff has filed numerous lawsuits in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

California. United States v. Wilson, 631 F.2d 118, 119 (9th Cir. 1980). Plaintiff has failed

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truthfully to list the actual number of cases he has filed before filing this complaint. It is possible

he has done so because he has been barred from filing further suits under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). 

Within twenty days of the date this order is filed, plaintiff must show cause why

this court should not impose the sanction of dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(c)(1)(B) for

violating Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b). Plaintiff also must describe what happened to each of his earlier

lawsuits. Failure to respond to this order will result in a recommendation that the action be

dismissed with prejudice.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that:

1. Within twenty days of the date this order is filed, plaintiff must show cause

why this court should not impose the sanction of dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(c)(1)(B) for

plaintiff’s violation of Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b) through his failure to declare truthfully the number

of lawsuits he had filed before filing this action; and

2. Plaintiff shall file a verified statement describing the outcome of each of the

lawsuits he has filed as a prisoner. 

DATED: October 26, 2005.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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