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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1330 Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DANY ROJAS-VEGA,

Plaintiff,

vs.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 18cv2114-LAB (MDD)

ORDER ON REFERRAL [Dkt. 16]

Plaintiff-Appellant Dany Rojas-Vega, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has 

appealed this Court’s dismissal of his claims. The Ninth Circuit has asked whether his “in 

forma pauperis status should continue for this appeal or whether the appeal is frivolous 

or taken in bad faith.” Dkt. 16; see also Hooker v. American Airlines, 302 F.3d 1091, 1092 

(9th Cir. 2002) (revocation of in forma pauperis status is appropriate where district court 

finds the appeal to be frivolous). 

As noted in this Court’s dismissal, this is at least the ninth case Rojas has filed in 

the Southern District of California challenging some aspect of either his deportation or the 

underlying conviction. Dkt. 8 at 1, n. 1. He has appealed to the Ninth Circuit in at least 

five of those cases, with no apparent success.

1

 Rojas has also filed at least two cases in 

 

1 See 9th Cir. Case Nos. 2004-73878; 2005-56585; 2007-56851; 2009-55314; 2011-

56127.

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the District Court for the District of Columbia,

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four appeals with the Court of Appeals for 

the D.C. Circuit,

3 and has one case currently pending in the Court of Federal Claims.4

 

His pending suit in the Court of Federal Claims appears to be functionally identical to the 

one he is currently appealing, although he never informed the Court of the parallel 

proceedings. For the reasons laid out in this Court’s Order of Dismissal, Rojas’ claims 

lack merit. When combined with the sheer volume of court filings and his lack of historic 

success on the merits, this leads this Court to conclude that his appeal is frivolous. Rojas’ 

in forma pauperis status on appeal is REVOKED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 14, 2018

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

 

2 See D.D.C. Case Nos. 2013cv1540; 2016cv2291.

3 See D.C. Cir. Case Nos. 2014cv5308; 2015cv5292; 2017cv5199; 2018cv5082.

4 See Ct. Fed. Cl. Case No. 2018cv1520.

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