Legal Opinion

Matthews v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided May 5, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2015-0569PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RANDOLPH D. MOSS, United States District Judge

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

The Court previously determined that pro se prisoner plaintiff Alexander Otis Matthews accumulated three or more “strikes” under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) before he filed this action. See Matthews v. FBI, 211 F.Supp.3d 148, 150 (D.D.C. 2016) 0Matthews I"). The Court then dismissed the action without prejudice. Id. Matthews now moves for reconsideration of the three-strikes determination under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). See Dkt. 32. In Matthews’s view, only one of the four prior actions which the Court identified…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. Jones v. BockSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Ciralsky v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2004
  4. Coleman v. TollefsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  5. Thompson v. Drug Enforcement AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2007

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3Cited by3 opinions

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  2. McFadden v. U.S. Department of JusticeDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2017
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