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Parties Involved:
Dorothy Grant
Plaintiff
Spherion Professional Services
Defendant

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DOROTHY GRANT,

Plaintiff(s),

 vs.

SPHERION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES,

Defendant(s). /

No. 07-0013 MHP

ORDER DENYING

APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS AND

DISMISSING

COMPLAINT

Plaintiff filed this action on January 3, 2007. The action was related to a prior action filed by

plaintiff against this same defendant in this court, C-03-5819 MHP. Plaintiff also seeks to proceed

in forma pauperis. 

The complaint in C-03-5819 MHP was dismissed on February 13, 2006 for plaintiff’s failure

to appear on several occasions, her failure to participate in the court’s special mediation program

which was established particularly to assist persons such as plaintiff who were appearing without

counsel, and for her failure to obey orders of the court. Nearly a year later plaintiff files this action

which is a duplicate of the earlier action. In fact, the complaint is identical. It complains of conduct

that occurred in 2002 and alleges that plaintiff was issued a Notice of Right to Sue by the Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission on October 4, 2003. 

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Plaintiff cannot resuscitate a dismissed complaint by filing the same one after having failed

to pursue and prosecute the original one.

For the reasons stated in the court’s order in C-03-5819, this complaint is DISMISSED with

prejudice and plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is DENIED. 

Date: September 28, 2007 

MARILYN HALL PATEL

Judge

United States District Court

Northern District of California

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