WILEY v. MCMAHON

CourtDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
DecidedJanuary 16, 2024
Docket2:23-cv-01175
StatusUnknown

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Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

DANA W. WILEY, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 2:23-cv-1175 Vv. Hon. William S. Stickman IV Hon. Patricia L. Dodge VINCE MCMAHON, World Wresting Entertainment CEO, Defendant.

ORDER OF COURT Plaintiff Dana W. Wiley (“Plaintiff”), who is a prolific serial filer of civil rights lawsuits, was granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis on June 30, 2023. (ECF No. 3). Pursuant to the screening provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), Magistrate Judge Patricia L. Dodge issued a Report and Recommendation on December 13, 2023, recommending that the Court dismiss this case with prejudice without leave to amend. (ECF No. 9). It was further recommended that Plaintiff be ordered to show cause as to why he should not be deemed a vexatious litigant. Plaintiff was given until January 2, 2024, to file objections to the Report and Recommendation. (ECF No. 9). No objections having been filed, the Court hereby ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Dodge’s Report and Recommendation as its Opinion. It unequivocally agrees with her thorough analysis and legal conclusions. AND NOW, this #4 day of January 2024, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs complaint is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. The Court holds that further amendment would be futile. See 3 James Wm. Moore et al., Moore’s Federal Practice ¥ 15.15 (Gd ed. 2021) (‘An

amendment is futile if it merely restates the same facts as the original complaint in different terms, reasserts a claim on which the court previously ruled, fails to state a legal theory, or could not withstand a motion to dismiss.”). IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff must show cause within thirty (30) days of this Order, on or before February 15, 2024, as to why his pattern of conduct, which has caused the expenditure of countless resources, judicial and otherwise, and transcends a particular dispute (as he consistently files motions or suits related to the myriad wrongs he purportedly has endured), does not justify the entry of a vexatious litigant order against him. See Chipps v. U.S.D.C. for the M.D. of Pa, 882 F.2d 72, 73 (3d Cir. 1989). Such an order could prohibit Plaintiff from filing further lawsuits in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, both in his name and under any aliases, without first obtaining leave of Court.

BY THE,COURT: ; “— oe DUS BR WILLIAM S. STICKMAN IV UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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Chipps v. U.S.D.C. for the M.D. of Pa.
882 F.2d 72 (Third Circuit, 1989)

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