John Robert Demos Jr. v. Yakima County Superior Court, et al.

• Court: District Court, W.D. Washington
• Decided: February 27, 2026
• Docket: 2:26-cv-00375
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

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5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 9 10 JOHN ROBERT DEMOS JR., CASE NO. 2:26-cv-00375-LK-DWC 11 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND 12 v. RECOMMENDATION 13 YAKIMA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, et al. 14 Defendant. 15

16 I. INTRODUCTION 17 This matter comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation (R&R) of United 18 States Magistrate Judge David W. Christel. Dkt. No. 3. Objections were due by February 20, 2026. 19 Id. at 3. Demos has not filed objections. “When no timely objection is filed, the court need only 20 satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the 21 recommendation.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), advisory committee’s note to the 1983 addition (citing 22 Campbell v. United States Dist. Court, 501 F.2d 196, 206 (9th Cir. 1974)). Seeing no clear error, 23 24 1 the Court adopts the R&R, denies Demos’ application to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP), and 2 dismisses the case with prejudice. 3 II. DISCUSSION 4 The background facts and procedural history are set forth in the R&R and are adopted here.

5 Dkt. No. 3. Demos is subject to pre-filing bar orders in this district, id. at 2, as well as in the Eastern 6 District of Washington, the Washington State Courts, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the 7 United States Supreme Court. See, e.g., Demos v. Storrie, 507 U.S. 290, 291 (1993). Demos has 8 failed to abide by these bar orders for at least three reasons. 9 First, bar orders in this Court prohibit Demos from filing more than three IFP applications 10 and proposed actions each year. Dkt. No. 3 at 2 (citing In re John Robert Demos, MC91-269-CRD 11 (W.D. Wash. Jan. 16, 1992) (“1992 Bar Order”)). In violation of that order, Demos has filed at 12 least twelve prior lawsuits this year. Id. at 3. Second, under the 1992 Bar Order, the Court will not 13 accept a proposed complaint from Demos unless it is accompanied by an affidavit that the claims 14 have not been presented in another action and that Demos can produce evidence to support his

15 claims. Id. at 2. Demos has not provided with his complaint an affidavit that meets the requirement 16 of the bar order. Id. Third and finally, under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), Demos must demonstrate 17 “imminent danger of serious physical injury” to proceed IFP because he has had numerous prior 18 actions dismissed as frivolous, malicious, or for failure to state claim. See Demos v. Holbrook, 848 19 F. App'x 779, 779 (9th Cir. 2021). He has not demonstrated any danger of injury in his complaint, 20 which appears to allege fraud on the part of various government officials. See Dkt. No. 3 at 2–3; 21 see generally Dkt. No. 1. Each of these reasons independently provides grounds to deny Demos’ 22 IFP application and dismiss his complaint. 23

24 1 III. CONCLUSION 2 For the foregoing reasons, it is hereby ORDERED that: 3 (1) the Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation, Dkt. No. 3; 4 (2) the Court DENIES Demos’ IFP application, Dkt. No. 1; and

5 (3) the Court DISMISSES this case with prejudice. 6 The Clerk is directed to send an uncertified copy of this Order to Demos at his last known 7 address. 8 9 Dated this 27th day of February, 2026. 10 A 11 Lauren King United States District Judge 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23