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Parties Involved:
Cathy A. Catterson
Defendant
Bill Max Overton
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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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

BILL MAX OVERTON,

Plaintiff(s),

 vs.

CATHY A. CATTERSON, et al.,

Defendant(s). /

Case Nos. 98-4142 MHP

 95-4034 JLQ

 95-0850 VRW

ORDER DENYING

MOTION FOR

REINSTATEMENT

Plaintiff has moved in the above cases for reinstatement of these actions. Only the firstnumbered case above is assigned to this judge, however, sitting as general duty judge and Judge

Quackenbush no longer sitting with this court having presided over the second-numbered case, and

the motion having been made in all three, but filed only in the C-98-4142MHP case, this court will

rule on the motion.

Plaintiff has brought at least four separate actions in this court against the Clerk of the Ninth

Circuit Court of Appeals, Cathy A. Catterson. One of those cases, C-98-3763CRB, is not included

in his list of cases. Each one of these cases has been dismissed and in some cases even the appeal

has been dismissed. 

A review of the docket shows the following history:

C-98-4142MHP - Dismissed on November 9, 1998

C-98-4034JLQ - Dismissed on October 30, 1996; plaintiff advised by letter from 

 Judge Quackenbush that case was dismissed with prejudice and 

 closed; order issued August 18, 1997 that plaintiff “not file any 

 further pleadings in this closed case”

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C-95-0850VRW - Dismissed on March 23, 1995 and order affirming this decision 

 returned from the Court of Appeals September 7, 1995

C-98-3763CRB - Dismissed on October 20, 1998.

Each of these cases reflects an attempt by plaintiff to refile, reopen, or relitigate cases that

have been dismissed and closed. In some cases plaintiff has even attempted to reinstate his appeals

before the Ninth Circuit in this court. 

Plaintiff is strongly warned that he cannot continue to press the same frivolous claims that he

has pursued in this court against Ms. Catterson or any other personnel of the Ninth Circuit. Nor can

he continue to pursue cases where the complaint has been dismissed and the case closed. Any

further attempts of this nature will result in sanctions. Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff shall not file any complaints, pleadings or other

papers in the above actions or initiate any new actions against Cathy Catterson or members of the

staff of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and that if he should do so he will suffer sanctions as

determined appropriate by this court.

The Clerk of Court shall file this order in the three above-numbered cases.

Date: December 28, 2006 

MARILYN HALL PATEL

District Judge

United States District Court

Northern District of California

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ENDNOTES

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