Joe Alter v. Neil Gorsuch

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOSEPH SCOTT ALTER, Case No. 2:24-cv-01803-FLA (RAOx)

12 Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE IN

13 v. WRITING WHY THE COURT 14 SHOULD NOT DECLARE

PLAINTIFF A VEXATIOUS

15 NEIL GORSUCH, et al., LITIGANT 16 Defendants. 17 18 19 RULING 20 Plaintiff Joseph Scott Alter (“Plaintiff”) brings the subject action in pro se, 21 against Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Samuel Alito, Justice 22 Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Clarence Thomas 23 (“Defendants”). On March 14, 2024, Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint (Dkt. 16, 24 “FAC”), seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against Defendants. FAC ¶¶ 22–23. 25 This is the fourth action Plaintiff has filed in the Central District of California 26 suing sitting justices of the United States Supreme Court for past rulings. Plaintiff’s 27 prior actions were: (1) Joseph Alter v.…