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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

MELVIN WILSON,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-06-0830 ALA P

vs.

C/O MARTIN, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff Melvin Wilson is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On August 10, 2007, this court denied a motion by

defendants to declare Mr. Wilson a vexatious litigant. That motion was denied without

prejudice. Defendants have now filed an amended motion seeking an order pursuant to Rule

65.1-151(b) to declare Mr. Wilson a vexatious litigant under federal and state law and ordering

Mr. Wilson to post a security bond in order to continue with this action. Mr. Wilson has filed an

opposition to defendants motion.

Eastern District Local Rule 65.1-151(b) provides in relevant part that “[t]he provisions of

Title 3A, part 2, of the California Code of Civil Procedure, relating to vexatious litigants, are

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1 While it is true that Local Rule 65.1-151(b) adopted California’s Vexatious Litigant statute, vexatious

litigant motions are disfavored by the court in light of the more recent passage of an applicable federal statute, 28

U.S.C. § 1915(g), the so called “three-strikes” provision. 

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hereby adopted as a procedural Rule of this Court on the basis of which the Court may order the

giving of security, bond or undertaking . . .” Upon a motion for such an order, the California

Code of Civil Procedure provides that: 

[i]n any litigation pending in any court...a defendant may move the

court...for an order requiring the plaintiff to furnish security. The

motion must be based upon the ground, and supported by a

showing, that the plaintiff is a vexatious litigant and that there is

not a reasonable probability that he will prevail in the litigation

against the moving defendant.

CAL. CIV. PRO. CODE § 391.1. 

Defendants contend that Mr. Wilson should be declared a vexatious litigant under section

391(b)(1) because in the preceding seven year period, Mr. Wilson has commenced at least five

litigations in propria persona that have been finally determined adversely to him. Defendants

however provide no argument that there is not a reasonable probability that Mr. Wilson will

prevail in this litigation. As such, this court will not order Plaintiff to give a security bond under

Local Rule 65.1-151(b).

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants motion to declare Mr. Wilson

a vexatious litigant is DENIED without prejudice.1

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DATED: October 3, 2007

 /s/ Arthur L. Alarcón 

 UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE

Sitting by Designation

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