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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1442 Petition for Removal

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES C. MAXEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

MAYOR KEVIN JOHNSON; SHERIFF 

SCOTT JONES; CITY OF 

SACRAMENTO; PRESIDENT BARACK 

OBAMA; U.S. ATTORNEY BENJAMIN 

WAGNER; and DOES 1 THROUGH 

99,

Defendants.

No. 2:15-cv-01656

ORDER DECLARING PLAINTIFF JAMES 

MAXEY A “VEXATIOUS LITIGANT”

Over a period of less than two years, Plaintiff James Maxey 

has filed 172 lawsuits in this Court. The vast majority of these 

cases have been summarily dismissed, due to Mr. Maxey’s 

implausible allegations that, inter alia, he has been subjected 

to “satellite microchip implant technology” by various 

governmental actors. 

California Code of Civil Procedure (“CCP”) § 391 et seq. (as 

adopted in Local Rule 151(b)) provides that the Court “may, on 

its own motion . . . enter a prefiling order which prohibits a 

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vexatious litigant from filing any new litigation [in this Court] 

in propria persona without first obtaining leave of the presiding 

. . . judge” of this Court. Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 391.7(a). As 

defined elsewhere in the CCP, a “vexatious litigant” is a person 

who, “[i]n the immediately preceding seven-year period has 

commenced, prosecuted, or maintained in propria persona at least 

five litigations other than in a small claims court that have 

been (i) finally determined adversely to the person or (ii) 

unjustifiably permitted to remain pending at least two years 

without having been brought to trial or hearing.” Cal. Civ. 

Proc. Code § 391(b)(1).

Based on a review of Mr. Maxey’s filings on the Court’s 

electronic filing database (CM-ECF), the Court concludes that Mr. 

Maxey meets the definition of a “vexatious litigant” under CCP § 

391(b)(1), as well over 100 of his cases have been brought, and 

dismissed, within the past two years. Thus, pursuant to Local 

Rule 151(b) CCP § 391 et seq., the Court hereby designates James 

Maxey a “vexatious litigant.”

This order constitutes a “prefiling order” as defined in CCP 

§ 391.7, and will operate to prevent Mr. Maxey from filing any 

new litigation in this Court without first obtaining leave of 

Chief Judge Morrison England. Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 391.7(a). 

Pursuant to CCP § 391.7(b), any future filings by Mr. Maxey will 

only be permitted if “it appears that the litigation has merit 

and has not been filed for the purposes of harassment or delay.” 

Pursuant to CCP § 391.7(c), the Clerk is directed to “not file 

any litigation presented by [Mr. Maxey] unless [he] first obtains 

an order from [Chief Judge England] permitting the filing.” Cal. 

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Civ. Proc. Code § 391.7(c).

This order does not have retroactive effect, and Mr. Maxey’s 

currently-pending actions will proceed accordingly.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 10, 2015

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