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Ninth Circuit· 6/6/2025

Spencer v. Barajas

Citations

  • 140 F.4th 1061

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  • finding a voluntary dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1) was not a strike because the dismissal 3 was not “‘on the grounds that’ the case was frivolous, malicious, or failed to state a claim”
  • finding a voluntary dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1) was not a strike because the dismissal 25 was not “‘on the grounds that’ the case was frivolous, malicious, or failed to state a claim”
  • finding a voluntary dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1) was not a strike because the dismissal 25 was not “‘on the grounds that’ the case was frivolous, malicious, or failed to state a claim”
  • “Rule 3 | 41(a)(1) voluntary dismissals cannot count as strikes.”
  • “The Supreme Court has emphasized that the three-strikes provision must be interpreted 28 1 other courts, both within and without the federal judicial system, if those proceedings have 2 a direct relation to matters at issue.’” (citation omitted). 3 They are: 4 (1

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