Lawrence S. Krain, M.D. v. County of Orange Thomas Riley Roger Stanton Gaddi Vasquez Don Roth Cecil Hicks Burl Estes
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968 F.2d 1221 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Lawrence S. KRAIN, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF ORANGE; Thomas Riley; Roger Stanton; Gaddi Vasquez; Don Roth; Cecil Hicks; Burl Estes, Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-56067. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 7, 1992. * Decided July 15, 1992. 1 Before SNEED and D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and WAGNER, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 We are faced with a second appeal in this case, and find that we are without jurisdiction to hear it. 4 This case was begun when Lawrence S. Krain filed a pro se civil rights action against Orange County and a number of other defendants. Because of Krain's history of filing numerous lawsuits against state and federal officials, all perhaps based on apparently unfounded suspicions of prejudice, the magistrate sua sponte found that a substantial question existed regarding Krain's competency to proceed on his own behalf. Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P.…