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Ri ta F. Ste bb in s; Davi d D. St eb bi ns

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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Weste rn Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s - Har ris on

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be r 24 , 20 14 Fi le d: Sep te m

be r 26 , 20 14 [Un pu bl is he d]

__ __ __ __ __ __ Befo re WOL LMAN, BYE, and SMITH, Ci rcu it Ju dg es

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PER CURI AM.Dav id St eb bi ns ap pe al s fo ll owi ng th e di st ric t co ur t’s pr e-s erv ic e di sm is sa l of 1 hi s pro se act io n, in whi ch he al le ge d th at de fen da nt s, his pa ren ts , im pr op erl y li st ed hi m as a de pe nd an t o n t he ir t ax ret ur ns

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In di sm is si ng St eb bi ns ’s co m pl ai nt , th e di st ric t co ur t co nc lu de d th at St eb bi ns ha d a h i s to ry of fri vo lo us li ti ga ti on an d ha d ab us ed th e pr iv il eg e of pr oc eed in g in fo rm a pa up eri s; th e co ur t th us im po se d res tri ct io ns on St eb bi ns ’s fu t u r e fil in gs

. Sp eci fic al ly, th e co ur t li m it ed th e nu m be r of cas es th at St eb bi ns co ul d fil e in th e W es te rn Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s to no m or e th an on e cas e ev ery th ree m on th s, an d on ly
up on pa y m en t of a $5 0 bo nd , refu nd ed if th e co m pl ai nt was ad

jud ge d no t fri vo lo us

. The co ur t ad de d th at no th in g i n i ts ord er pr oh ib it ed St eb bi ns fro m pr oc eed in g wit h

co un se l, fro m de fen di ng hi m se lf in a la wsu it br ou gh t ag ai ns t hi m , or fro m f i l i n g a cl ai m in whi ch he all eg ed im m ed ia te , ext rao rd in ary, an d i rrep arab le ph y si cal ha rm

. St eb bi ns ch al le ng es th e di sm is sa l of th e act io n, an d th e im po si ti on o f fil in g

res tri ct io ns

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Upo n care fu l d e n o v o r ev ie w, se e Mo or e v. Si m s, 20 0 F.3 d 11 70 , 11 71 (8 th Ci r. 20 00 ) (p er cu ria m ), we co nc lu de th at th e di st ric t co ur t pr op er ly di sm is se d th e

co m pl ai nt fo r fai lu re to st at e a cl ai m

. W e al so co nc lu de th at th e co ur t di d no t ab us e it s di sc ret io n in im

po si ng th e fil in g res tri ct io ns , be cau se it is un di sp ut ed th at St eb bi ns ha s pr oc eed ed in fo rm a pa up eri s on at le as t si xt een co m pl ai nt s th at pr ov ed m eri tl es s,

an d h a s f

i l e d n um ero us fri vo lo us m ot io ns , si nc e May 20 10 ; an d he ha d th e op po rtu ni ty to , an d di d, fil e ob jecti on s to th e m ag is tra te jud ge ’s rep or t reco m m en di ng th e res tri ct io ns

. See Day v. Day , 51 0 U.S. 1, 2 (1 99 3) (p er cu ria m ) (co ur t m ay im po se fil in g res tri ct io ns whe re in di vi du al ha s fil ed nu m ero us fri vo lo us pl ead in gs ); In re

The Hon or ab le P.K. Hol m es , III, Ch ie f Ju dg e, Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Co ur t fo r 1 th e We s t ern Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s, ad op ti ng th e rep or t an d reco m m en da ti on s of th e Hon or ab le Ja m es R. Mar sc he wsk i, Uni te d St at es Mag is tra te J u d g e fo r th e W es te rn Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s.

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-Ty le r, 83 9 F.2 d 12 90 , 12 93 -9 4 (8 th Ci r. 19 88 ) (p er cu ria m ) (s ta nd ard of r e v i ew);

Peck v. Hof

f, 66 0 F.2 d 37 1, 37 4 (8 th Ci r. 19 81 ) (in im po si ng pr e-fi li ng rev ie w pr oc ed ur e, ap pe ll a n t ’s op po rtu ni ty to res po nd to m at eri al s an d arg um en ts was

su ffi ci en t). Fu rth er, in th es e ci rcu m st an ces , we co nc lu de th at th e res tri ct io ns are no t

un du ly ha rs h

. Cf. Ty le r, 83 9 F.3 d at 12 92 -9 3 (aff irming or de r th at pr os pe ct iv el y li m it ed pl ai nt iff to fil in g on e in fo rm a pa up er i s c o mp l ai nt pe r m on th ); Green v. W hi te , 61 6 F .2d 10 54 , 10 55 (8t h C ir. 1 98 0) (pe r cu ria m ).

The jud gm en t i s af

fir m ed . See 8 th Cir . R. 47 B.

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