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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM P. GRANT,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-10-0175 LKK GGH PS

v.

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 

Defendant. ORDER

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Plaintiff filed this action on January 22, 2010, and it was referred to the

undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21). On May 19, 2010, the court granted plaintiff’s in

forma pauperis application, dismissed the complaint, and granted plaintiff leave to file an

amended complaint. Subsequently, it came to the attention of the undersigned that William P.

Grant was declared a vexatious litigant in this court in 1997.

The Vexatious Litigant Order filed by the Honorable William B. Shubb on April

25, 1997, provides as follows:

The Clerk of the Court is further directed not to accept for

filing any documents submitted by or on behalf of Grant which

seek to initiate any civil or miscellaneous action unless the

following conditions are satisfied:

(1) Grant certifies in writing that the claims presented

are new claims that have never been raised and disposed of

on their merits by this court;

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 The undersigned has determined that the William P. Grant who submitted the 1

complaint filed in this case is the same William P. Grant against whom the Vexatious Litigant

Order was issued. The signatures and in forma pauperis information in this case are identical to

the signature and ifp information in case number Civ.S.-10-0176 GEB DAD. Attached to the

complaint in case number Civ. S.-10-0176 GEB DAD is a civil cover sheet identifying as a

related case an action assigned to Judge Levi, Docket Number “CV-S-0555-DFL.” Grant v.

United States Air Force, case No. CIV S-92-0555 DFL, is one of fourteen cases filed by William

P. Grant in the five years prior to his filing of fourteen new cases in 1997. The fourteen cases

filed in 1997 are listed in Exhibit A and the fourteen prior cases are listed in Exhibit B to the

Order to Show Cause issued by Judge Shubb on February 27, 1997; the Order to Show Cause,

with exhibits, is attached to the Vexatious Litigant Order filed April 25, 1997.

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(2) the then-duty magistrate judge enters an order

permitting William P. Grant to initiate the civil or

miscellaneous action based on a determination that it is not

frivolous.

(In the Matter of William P. Grant, Vexatious Litigant Order at 2-3, filed Apr. 25, 1997 in

fourteen cases, including MISC S-97-0041 LKK.)

The complaint and in forma pauperis application submitted by plaintiff for the

purpose of initiating this civil action were not accompanied by the required written certificate. 

Plaintiff’s documents should not have been filed or even submitted to the then-duty magistrate

judge because the first condition of the Vexatious Litigant Order was not satisfied.1

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The order filed May 19, 2010 (Dkt. # 3) is vacated.

2. This case having been opened in error, the Clerk of the Court is directed to

close the case forthwith.

DATED: June 3, 2010 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

 

 GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE

GGH/076/Grant0175.vexlit.wpd

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