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CLD-010                                                         NOT PRECEDENTIAL

                        UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                             FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
                                  ___________

                                       No. 10-2499
                                      ___________

                           IN RE: HERBERT MCMILLIAN,
                                           Appellant

                      ____________________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                               for the District of Delaware
                          (D.C. Misc. Action No.10-mc-00066)
                        District Judge: Honorable Sue L. Robinson
                      ____________________________________

                  Submitted for Possible Summary Action Pursuant to
                            Third Circuit LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6

                                     October 15, 2010

              Before: RENDELL, FUENTES and SMITH, Circuit Judges

                            (Opinion filed: October 26, 2010)
                                       _________

                               OPINION OF THE COURT
                                     _________

PER CURIAM

       Appellant, Herbert McMillian, appeals pro se from the order entered by the United

States District Court for the District of Delaware denying him leave to amend his

complaint pursuant to a standing pre-filing injunction order.

       The parties are familiar with the background of the bankruptcy case; hence we

need not repeat it at length here. In 2009, McMillian filed a bankruptcy appeal, alleging,
among other things, employment discrimination and requesting a motion for a grand jury,

which the District Court denied as frivolous. We affirmed. C.A. No. 09-2598 (Feb. 2,

2009).

         On April 1, 2010, McMillian filed a motion for leave to amend his bankruptcy

appeal “complaint” “as to Liability, as to damages, RE: all unpaid labor law claims,

„disability‟ benefits suit ….”1 In addition he sought a stay of the appellate mandate in

No. 09-2598 pending his petition for a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court, and

requested that the District Court and the United States Attorney for Delaware convene a

grand jury to investigate bankruptcy fraud. The District Court denied as frivolous

McMillian‟s motion because it related to claims based on his 1979 termination from

employment and denial of benefits, which were fully litigated in prior cases. McMillian

filed this timely appeal.

         We have jurisdiction over the denial of McMillian‟s motion for leave to file an

amended complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Upon de novo review of the record,

we conclude that there is no substantial question on appeal and that summary action is

warranted. See LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6. We find no error in the District Court‟s denial

of McMillian‟s motion, which re-alleges claims concerning his termination of

employment and denial of benefits. As the District Court properly noted, these claims

1
  Pursuant to the District Court‟s pre-filing injunction entered June 24, 2009,
McMillian was required to seek prior authorization from the District Court for
“any complaint, lawsuit, motion, or petition for mandamus related to his claim for
damages based on his1979 termination from employment and denial of benefits.”
(Memorandum Order(4/22/10)).
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have been fully litigated.

        Accordingly, we will affirm the District Court‟s order. See LAR 27.4 and I.O.P.

10.6.

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