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Parties Involved:
Vinton Frost
Plaintiff
United States of America
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VINTON FROST,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-05365-JD 

ORDER RE COMPLAINT, IFP 

APPLICATION AND CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

Re: Dkt. Nos. 3, 6

Pro se plaintiff Vinton Frost filed an initial and amended complaint alleging that the 

United States Department of Justice and the United States Attorney for the Northern District of 

California improperly withheld and misclassified documents in response to FOIA requests. Dkt. 

No. 6. Frost also applied to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) for this lawsuit. Dkt. No. 3.

Frost is a frequent pro se litigant in our district. His recent actions include Frost v. Steyer, 

16-cv-05883-RS (N.D. Cal. Oct. 11, 2016); Frost v. Pinkus, 17-cv-01308-WHA (N.D. Cal. Mar. 

10, 2017); Frost v. Wilkinson, 17-cv-01587-LB (N.D. Cal. Mar. 23, 2017); Frost v. United States 

Department of Justice, 17-cv-01240-JCS (N.D. Cal. Mar. 9, 2017); and Frost v. Texas Pacific 

Group, 18-cv-04956-EMC (N.D. Cal. Aug. 15, 2018). All of these cases have been dismissed. 

Frost appealed three of the dismissals; two were resolved against him, and one is pending. 

All of these cases are mentioned in the amended complaint, and it is not at all clear to the 

Court what Frost is seeking to do here. The request for injunctive relief suggests he would like the 

Court to intervene in or reconsider the prior cases. That request is not tenable. The Court does not 

sit in review of sister trial courts. See Robertson v. Honn, No. 17-CV-01724-JD, 2018 WL 

2010988, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 30, 2018), aff’d, 781 F. App’x 640 (9th Cir. 2019). It is also not 

evident from the amended complaint that Frost has raised anything new or different from his prior 

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cases. As the amended complaint currently stands, it appears he may be repeating claims 

addressed in the other actions. 

Consequently, in light of the infirmities in the complaint, IFP status is declined and the 

amended complaint is dismissed. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B); Denton v. Hernandez, 504 U.S. 25, 

32-33 (1992). Frost has asked for leave to file a second amended complaint. Dkt. No. 7. That is 

granted but the next complaint may not add any new claims or parties, and must state facts 

explaining how this case is materially different from the other cases Frost has filed in this district. 

The amended complaint must be filed by December 16, 2019. Frost is advised that a failure to file 

by that date, or to file a complaint that is not consistent with this order, will result in dismissal 

with prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). 

The case management conference scheduled for December 5, 2019, is vacated. The 

motion in Docket No. 7 is terminated in all respects. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 25, 2019

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VINTON FROST,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-05365-JD 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on November 25, 2019, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by 

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Vinton Frost

General Delivery

San Francisco, CA 94102 

Dated: November 25, 2019

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JAMES DONATO

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