The opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
DERRICK LEE CARDELLO-SMITH,
Plaintiff, Case Number 21-11595
Honorable David M. Lawson
v.
GOOGLE LLC, GOOGLE INC.,
MICROSOFT LLC, JOANNE THEAKSTON,
JULIETTE BIRD, KIM WORTHY,
PROSECUTOR, DEYANA UNIS,
ASS’T PROSECUTOR, SUZETTE
SAMUELS, ASS’T PROSECUTOR,
CARLI CARPENTER (BOIKE),
HEATHER LYNN NIELSON, MDOC/MCF/LRF OPINION AND ORDER
CORRECTIONS OFFICERS, HEIDI DENYING APPLICATION TO
WASHINGTON, MR. PLACHTA, PROCEED WITHOUT PREPAYMENT
MR. CHAUVEZ, J.B. (CORRECTIONS OF FEES AND COSTS AND
OFFICER M.D.O.C.), CUSTOMER PRIVACY DISMISSING COMPLAINT
INC-CORPORATION, LIARSCHEATERSAND
BASTARDS.COM, CONTACTPRIVACY.COM.,
NS1.AFTERMIC.COM, NS2.AFTERMIC.COM,
CHEATERSANDBASTARDS.COM, CONTACT
PRIVACY.COM., LIARSCHEATERSANDBASTARDS,
INC, CORPORATION, ENTITY, COMPANY,
CHEATERSANDBASTARDS INC, ENTITY,
CORPORATION, CHEATERS AND BASTARDS INC,
CORPORATION, COMPANY, CHEATERSAND
BASTARDS.COM-TECH-CUSTOMERS.WHOISPRIVACY.CORP.COM,
BRAD.NS.CLOUDFARE.COM,
MONA.NS.CLOUDFARE.COM, LIARS, CHEATERS
AND BASTARDS AS A COMPANY,
CORPORATION, ENTITY, STAFF, CHEATERS,
AND BASTARDS AS A COMPANY, CORPORATION,
ENTITY, WHOLE, OWNERS OF CHEATERS
AND BASTARDS, OWNERS OF LIARS CHEATERS
AND BASTARDS, EMPLOYEES AND
CONTRACTORS OF THE DOMAIN KNOWN
AS CHEATERS AND BASTARDS USED BY DOMAIN
ADMINISTRATION AND WHOISPRIVACY.
CORPORATION.COM, ALL AFFILIATES,
CONTRACTORS, LAWYERS, OWNERS OF
INTERNET DOMAIN SERVICE BS CORP.,
TUCOWS INC, CORPORATION, COMPANY ENTITY,
ALL EMPLOYEES AND OFFICIALS OF SAID
SITES, COMPANY, ORGANIZATION, ENTITIES,
Defendants,
_____________________________________________________________________________/
OPINION AND ORDER DENYING APPLICATION TO PROCEED WITHOUT
PREPAYMENT OF FEES AND COSTS AND DISMISSING COMPLAINT
This matter is before the Court on the plaintiff’s pro se civil rights complaint filed under
42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff is an inmate confined at Michigan’s Muskegon Correctional
Facility in Muskegon, Michigan. He also has filed an application for leave to proceed without
prepayment of costs. The plaintiff cannot proceed in forma pauperis because at least three of the
plaintiff's prior civil rights complaints have been dismissed as frivolous, malicious, or for failing
to state a claim upon which relief could be granted in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). His case,
therefore, will be dismissed without prejudice, but he may revive his lawsuit by payment of the
appropriate filing fees.
Indigent litigants may apply to the Court to waive filing fees required to commence a
lawsuit. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). Otherwise, the “[t]he clerk of each district court shall require the
parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in such court, whether by original process,
removal or otherwise, to pay a filing fee . . . .” See also Owens v. Keeling, 461 F.3d 763, 773 (6th
Cir. 2006).
The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PLRA”), Pub. L. No. 104–134, 110 Stat.
1321 (April 26, 1996), prevents a prisoner from bringing a civil action in forma pauperis if a court
previously dismissed three or more complaints as frivolous, malicious, or for failing to state a
claim upon which relief may be granted unless the prisoner is in imminent danger of serious
physical injury. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) (1996); Thaddeus–X v. Blatter, 175 F.3d 378, 400 (6th Cir.
1999); Witzke v. Hiller, 966 F. Supp. 538, 540 (E.D. Mich. 1997). A federal district court may
raise the three strikes provision on its own, Witzke, 966 F. Supp. at 539, and may take judicial
notice of a plaintiff's prior dismissals, Green v. Nottingham, 90 F.3d 415, 418 (10th Cir.
1996); Anderson v. Sundquist, 1 F. Supp. 2d 828, 830 (W.D. Tenn. 1998).
A review of federal court records indicates that the plaintiff has at least four prior civil
rights complaints that were dismissed by federal courts for being frivolous, malicious, or for failing
to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. See Smith v. Penman, et. al., No. 20-12052
(E.D. Mich. Feb. 18, 2021); Smith, et. al. v. Unis, et. al. No. 19-12219 (E.D. Mich. Aug. 22, 2019);
Smith v. Hall et al., No. 18-277 (W.D. Mich. Apr. 3, 2018); Smith v. Wayne Cnty. Prosecutor’s
Office, et al., No. 09-12287 (E.D. Mich. June 25, 2009).
In addition, the plaintiff has been denied leave to proceed in forma pauperis under 28
U.S.C. § 1915(g), the “three-strikes” rule, because of these frivolity dismissals. See Smith v.
Washington, No. 20-1211, 2021 WL 302614 (W.D. Mich. Jan. 29, 2021); Smith v.
Writeaprisoner.com, Inc., No. 20-1201, 2021 WL 210716 (W.D. Mich. Jan. 21, 2021); Smith v.
Penman, No. 18-1212, 2018 WL 6697270 (W.D. Mich. Dec. 20, 2018).
The plaintiff has not alleged any facts in this case that would establish that he is in imminent
danger of serious physical injury, and thus, he does not come within the exception to the mandate
of 28 U.S.C.§ 1915(g), which prohibits him from proceeding in forma pauperis in light of his four
prior frivolity dismissals. Mulazim v. Michigan Dept. of Corrections, 28 F. App’x. 470, 472 (6th
Cir. 2002).
The plaintiff’s civil rights complaint is therefore subject to dismissal under section 1915(g).
However, the plaintiff may revive any of the claims dismissed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) if he
decides to pay the $350 filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914; Witzke, 966 F. Supp. at 540. If the
plaintiff is unable to pay the full amount, he may submit a partial filing fee and pay the remainder
in installments. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a); Miller v. Campbell, 108 F. Supp. 2d 960, 962 (W.D.
Tenn. 2000).
Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the complaint is DISMISSED WITHOUT
PREJUDICE under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).
It is further ORDERED that the plaintiff's application to proceed without prepaying fees
or costs (ECF No. 2) is DENIED.
s/David M. Lawson
DAVID M. LAWSON
United States District Judge
Dated: October 20, 2021