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Parties Involved:
FreeCreditReport.com
Defendant
Jonathan Lee Riches
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JONATHAN LEE RICHES, )

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Plaintiff, )

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FREECREDITREPORT.COM, )

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Defendant. )

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1:07cv1885 LJO DLB

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Plaintiff Jonathan Lee Riches (“Plaintiff”) is incarcerated at FCI Williamsburg in South

Carolina and filed this action on December 27, 2007. Review of the docket reveals that Plaintiff has

filed more than 30 actions in this Court’s Fresno and Sacramento divisions since October 2007. In

fact, Plaintiff has inundated federal courts across the county with meritless litigation in recent years.

He filed neither an application to proceed in forma pauperis nor paid the $350 filing fee.

This Court’s January 9, 2008 order dismissed another of Plaintiff’s actions, Riches v. Bak,

1:07cv1883 LJO DLB, as frivolous and directed the clerk to refuse to file Plaintiffs’ future

complaints unaccompanied by the filing fee. This action was filed prior to the January 9, 2008

order, and although the order influences the outcome of this action, the Court must nonetheless

explain why this action is dismissed.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), this Court must conduct an initial review Plaintiffs’

complaint for sufficiency to state a claim. This Court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof

if the Court determines that the action is legally “frivolous or malicious,” fails to state a claim upon

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which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such

relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). If this Court determines that the complaint fails to state a claim,

leave to amend may be granted to the extent that the deficiencies of the complaint can be cured by

amendment.

Review of Plaintiff’s complaint reveals that it is patently frivolous and fails to state a

colorable claim to invoke this Court’s jurisdiction. Plaintiff names FreeCreditReport.com as the

defendant and complains that he tried to obtain his free credit report but Defendant is “using my

identification . . . my information was breeched from the TJX hacking attack.” He also suggests that

this was his website that defendant “took in 1998 during the great hacking days” and “spoofed my

voicemail, put a Trojan horse and key logger in my brain.” Complaint, at 1. 

Despite Plaintiff’s reference to his civil rights and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, his complaint is absurd

and, like his other complaints, is an abuse of the judicial process. Plaintiff’s complaint fails to state

a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 or a basis for this Court’s jurisdiction. 

On the basis of good cause, this Court:

1. DISMISSES with prejudice this action as frivolous; and 

2. DIRECTS the Court’s clerk to close this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 10, 2008 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

66h44d UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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