Opinion ID: 4241
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Heading: Warning of Injunction Against New Actions

Text: Finally, we reinforce the District Court’s warning to Wang regarding his duplicative lawsuits. When “a litigant has a history of filing vexatious, harassing or duplicative lawsuits, courts may impose sanctions, including restrictions on future access to the judicial system.” Hong Mai Sa v. Doe, 406 F.3d 155, 158 (2d Cir. 2005) (internal quotations marks and citations omitted). Wang has filed at least five prior pro se federal actions relating to the loss of his medical license and his discharge from a medical residency program. As the District Court noted in its memorandum and order of February 11, 2009, No. 09-cv-183, “[i]n each of Plaintiff’s filings, Plaintiff reasserted the same issues against the same parties, and offered no additional facts that would alter [the District Court’s] finding in its earlier orders. . . . Plaintiff has been given every conceivable benefit of the doubt.” We join the District Court in cautioning Wang that since his repeated filings relate to similar facts and issues, some of which have already been dismissed with prejudice, further filings of any complaint or any appeal based on the same facts and issues may result in the issuance of an order prohibiting Wang from filing any future lawsuits in this Court without first obtaining leave of the Court. Failure to abide by the terms of this Order, or that of the District Court, could result in the imposition of sanctions. 3