Krishna Reddy v. Gilbert Medical Transcription Service, Inc.

Krishna Reddy, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, appeals the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of her complaint as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). Reddy, in the complaint now before us, alleged violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1985 and miscellaneous state law claims. The magistrate judge, recog nizing that the United States District Court for the Central District of California had entered a final merits adjudication against most of the defendants appearing in this case, held that the duplicative nature of the instant suit stripped it of federal question jurisdiction and…