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Parties Involved:
Justin Credico
Plaintiff
Facebook Inc.
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JUSTIN CREDICO,

Plaintiff,

v.

FACEBOOK INC., et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-05810-JSC 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Plaintiff, an inmate in the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, filed 

this pro se civil rights complaint against Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”), and a number of “Doe” 

defendants who are “agents” of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“F.B.I.”) and other 

“unknown” federal agencies. 1 His request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted in a 

separate order. The complaint in this action reiterates claims made by Plaintiff in a prior case, 

Credico v. Facebook, Inc., et al., No. 14-0881 JS (E.D. Pa.). In that case, like here, he claims that 

Facebook, as well as a number of unnamed agents of the federal government violated his rights by 

shutting down the account of the “Syrian Electronic Army,” with whom Plaintiff wished to 

communicate. His complaint was dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be 

granted. See id. at Dkt. Nos. 7, 8. An in forma pauperis complaint that merely repeats pending or 

previously litigated claims may be considered frivolous and dismissed under the authority of 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(e). Cato v. United States, 70 F.3d 1103, 1105 n.2 (9th Cir. 1995). Such a 

 

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Plaintiff consented to the jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 

636(c). (Dkt. Nos. 2, 6.) 

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complaint is also subject to dismissal as duplicative. Bailey v. Johnson, 846 F.2d 1019, 1021 (5th 

Cir. 1988). As Plaintiff has previously litigated his claims, this action is DISMISSED. 

The Clerk shall enter judgment and close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 3, 2016

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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