Demos v. Strange

Opinion

U.S. F DIL ISE TD R I IN C TT H CE O URT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON Oct 06, 2022 SEAN F. MCAVOY, CLERK JOHN ROBERT DEMOS, No. 4:22-CV-05125-SAB Plaintiff, v. ORDER CLOSING FILE

CHERYL STRANGE, H.L. GRIFFITH, ROBERT M. JACKSON, JOHN DOE and Defendants.

Plaintiff, pro se and seeking in forma pauperis status, filed this purported 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in the Western District of Washington, which transferred the case here. ECF No. 3. Pursuant to the contempt Order signed by Judge McDonald on August 26, 1991, Mr. Demos is prohibited from initiating any civil actions in this District and the Clerk of Court is prohibited from accepting any such actions or from returning such proffers to Mr. Demos. See Demos v. McNichols, No. 91-CV-00027-LRS (citing inter alia, In re Demos, 500 U.S. 16 (1991) (prohibiting him from filing any extraordinary writs without the payment of the docketing fees)). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED the Clerk of Court shall administratively CLOSE this file. No further action will be taken in this matter and all pending motions are denied as moot. The Clerk of Court is directed not to accept any documents for filing in this closed case and shall discard any documents subsequently submitted. DATED this 6th day of October 2022. ‘ Shockey ec toar "7 Stanley A. Bastian Chief United States District Judge