Briggs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVE KENYATTA WILSON BRIGGS, Case No. 20-cv-01596-VC

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING LAWSUIT AND

v. RESOLVING ALL PENDING

MOTIONS

JAMES CAMERON, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 31, 53, 63, 67, 86, 91, 105 Defendants.

This is the latest in a series of lawsuits by pro se plaintiff Steve Wilson Briggs against Hollywood figures, alleging conspiracies relating to the theft of his screenplay, Butterfly Driver. See, e.g., Briggs v. Blomkamp, 70 F. Supp. 3d 1155 (N.D. Cal. 2014), affirmed as Briggs v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., 714 F. App’x 712 (9th Cir. 2018); Briggs v. Universal Pictures, et al., No. 3:17-cv-6552-VC (N.D. Cal. Apr. 25, 2017); and Briggs v. Spacey, et al., No. 3:18-cv- 4952-VC (N.D. Cal. Dec. 22, 2018), affirmed, 793 F. App’x 634 (9th Cir. 2020). In the first lawsuit, Briggs sued Neil Blomkamp, among others, alleging that the film Elysium infringed Butterfly Driver. In the second, he again alleged that Elysium infringed Butterfly Driver, but added some new defendants, including Kevin Spacey, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck. In the third lawsuit, Briggs made similar claims about…