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Timestamp: 2020-06-05 01:19:07
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1983', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1997']

FindACase™ | McGore v. U.S. Supreme Court Justices
McGore v. U.S. Supreme Court Justices
U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICES et al., Defendants.
This is a civil rights action brought by a state prisoner under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the United States Supreme Court Justices, collectively and by name. Plaintiff seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Because Plaintiff has filed at least three lawsuits that were dismissed as frivolous, malicious or for failure to state a claim, he is barred from proceeding in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). The Court will order Plaintiff to pay the $400.00 civil action filing fee applicable to those not permitted to proceed in forma pauperis. This fee must be paid within twenty-eight (28) days of this opinion and accompanying order. If Plaintiff fails to pay the fee, the Court will order that this case be dismissed without prejudice. Even if the case is dismissed, Plaintiff must pay the $400.00 filing fee in accordance with In re Alea, 286 F.3d 378, 380-81 (6th Cir. 2002).
Plaintiff has been an active litigant in the federal courts in Michigan. In many more than three of Plaintiff's lawsuits, the Court entered dismissals on the grounds that the cases were frivolous, malicious or failed to state a claim. See, e.g., McGore v. Bell, No. 1:04-cv-583 (W.D. Mich. Apr. 15, 2005); McGore v. Bell, No. 1:04-cv-583 (W.D. Mich. Jan. 12, 2005); McGore v. Gundy et al., No. 1:00-cv-486 (W.D. Mich. Aug. 30, 2000); McGore v. MDOC, No. 1:97-cv-207 (W.D. Mich. Aug. 22, 1997); McGore v. Wrigglesworth et al., No. 5:96-cv-197 (W.D. Mich. Jan. 8, 1997); McGore v. Mich. Sup. Ct. Judges, No. 1:94-cv-517 (W.D. Mich. Jan. 25, 1995); McGore v. Nardi et al., No. 2:93-cv-137 (W.D. Mich. Aug. 2, 1993); McGore v. Stine et al., No. 2:93-cv-112 (W.D. Mich. July 26, 1993); McGore v. Stine et al., No. 2:93-cv-77 (W.D. Mich. Apr. 30, 1993). Although many of the dismissals were entered before enactment of the PLRA on April 26, 1996, the dismissals nevertheless count as strikes. See Wilson, 148 F.3d at 604. In addition, Plaintiff previously has been denied leave to proceed in forma pauperis on more than 50 occasions for having three strikes.
Moreover, Plaintiff's allegations do not fall within the “imminent danger” exception to the three-strikes rule. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Plaintiff once again attempts to challenge his 1976 arrest and 1977 convictions and life sentences for armed robbery and first-degree criminal sexual conduct, this time by seeking declaratory relief and damages from the Justices of the United States Supreme Court. He alleges no facts showing that he is in imminent danger of serious physical injury, nor does the relief he seeks relate to any such danger.
Therefore, § 1915(g) prohibits Plaintiff from proceeding in forma pauperis in this action. Plaintiff has twenty-eight (28) days from the date of entry of this order to pay the entire civil action filing fee, which is $400.00. When Plaintiff pays his filing fee, the Court will screen his complaint as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(c). If Plaintiff does not pay the filing fee within the 28-day period, this case will be dismissed without prejudice, but Plaintiff will continue to be responsible for payment of the $400.00 filing fee.
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