(PS) Hedrington v. Fairfield Police Department

Background and Procedural History 24 Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, commenced this action on January 15, 2025, by filing a 25 complaint and paying the applicable filing fee. ECF No. 1. The complaint named as Defendants 26 the United States of America, the Fairfield Police Department, and numerous individuals. ECF 27 No. 1. The claims arise out of an incident where Plaintiff alleges he was drugged and assaulted at 28 the David Grant Medical Center. ECF No. 1 at 3. Plaintiff has filed several prior lawsuits about the same subject matter. See e.g., Hedrington v. United States, et al., 2:24-cv-01224-DAD-SCR; see also Hedrington v. United States, No. 1:24-cv-00497-KES-SKO, 2024 WL 4333281 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 27, 2024) (detailing that Plaintiff “has filed six prior cases concerning the same alleged facts and circumstances”). Case No. 24-cv-01224-DAD-SCR was dismissed on February 18, 2025, on the basis of res judicata, sovereign immunity, and statute of limitations. ECF No. 72. In that action, Judge Drozd denied a motion to declare plaintiff a vexatious litigant “without prejudice to its refiling if a future action, especially one raising these same claims…