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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERIC RICHARD ELESON; CASSIE

HULALI ELESON,

Plaintiffs,

v.

TANI G. CANTIL-SAKAUYE;

MING W. CHIN; KATHERINE M.

WERDEGAR; MARVIN R.

BAXTER; JOYCE L. KENNARD;

CAROL A. CORRIGAN; GOODWIN

LIU, 

Defendants. /

No. C 14-5658 WHA (PR) 

ORDER ADMINISTRATIVELY

CLOSING CASE; INSTRUCTIONS

TO CLERK

This case was opened on December 30, 2014, when plaintiffs Eric Richard Eleson, a

California prisoner, and Cassie Hulali Eleson, an Oregon resident, filed a document entitled

“Indictment” in which they claimed to be “private attorneys general” criminally prosecuting the

justices of the California Supreme Court for committing treason by their rulings against

plaintiffs. Construing the indictment as a civil complaint, the clerk notified plaintiffs that they

had not paid the filing fee or applied for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”), mailed

plaintiffs IFP forms with instructions and stamped return envelopes, and informed them that if

they did not pay the filing fee or file within 28 days, then the case would be dismissed. 

Plaintiffs responded to the clerk’s deficiency notice by stating that they do not have to

pay the filing fee because they are bringing a criminal indictment, not a civil action. Whether to

prosecute and what criminal charges to file or bring are decisions that rest in the prosecutor's

discretion. United States v. Batchelder, 442 U.S. 114, 124 (1979). Plaintiffs cite no authority,

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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and this court is aware of none, empowering them to bring criminal charges in federal court. As

plaintiffs indicate that they did not intend to file a civil action, the clerk shall administratively

close this case as having been opened in error. No fee is due.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 27 , 2015. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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