Joseph Scott Alter v. US Supreme Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Joseph Scott Alter v. U.S. Supreme Court, et al. Case No. 2:23-cv-05579-ODW-PD Date: July 31, 2023 T itle

Present: The Honorable: Patricia Donahue, U.S. Magistrate Judge

Isabel Verduzco N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder

Attorneys Present for Plaintiff: Attorneys Present for Defendants:

N/A N/A

Proceedings: (In Chambers) Order to Show Cause Why Plaintiff’s Fifth Amended Complaint Should Not Be Dismissed

I. Procedural History

On July 11, 2023, Joseph Scott Alter (“Plaintiff”), a California resident proceeding pro se, filed a complaint for declaratory judgment and damages against Defendants United States Supreme Court, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Washington D.C., Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Samuel A. Alito, and a six-foot imaginary rabbit named “Harvey.” [Dkt. No. 1.] Plaintiff contends that the Supreme Court’s majority opinion in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, ___ U.S. ___, 143 S. Ct. 2298 (2023) is unconstitutional and illegal. [Id. at…