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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ELENA PARTNOY and SERGEI No. 2:23-cv-2485-KJM-SCR

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12 Plaintiffs, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS v. CHARLES DEMORE, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 Plaintiffs move to void judgment in eight prior cases (ECF No. 5) and for default judgment in the amount of $55,000,000 for Plaintiff Elena Portnoy, formerly Kudinova (“Elena”), and $5,000,000 for Plaintiff Sergei Portnoy (“Sergei”) (ECF Nos. 9, 12 & 15). Plaintiffs are proceeding pro se. Their motions are before the undersigned pursuant to Local Rules 302(c)(19) and 302(c)(21). Plaintiffs are effectively attempting to relitigate for the eighth time two lawsuits concerning Elena’s immigration status that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed more than twenty years ago. For the reasons provided below, the undersigned recommends that the motion to void prior judgments and the motion for default judgment be denied and that this action be dismissed. //// …